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Oct 30, 2015

TRUCKING FEES AT BORDER * USA & Canada - CTA: "It's a 'nonsensical' fee increases"

* DC - U.S. Increasing Cross-Border Fees for some shipments

-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it will publish its final rule on Oct. 29 that adjusts the fees the U.S. government charges to recoup the costs of conducting agricultural quarantine inspections (AQI) at U.S. ports of entry for all modes of transportation and many in Canadian trucking are speaking out against the move... According to the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), the changes take effect on Dec. 28. In the case of trucking, the fees are applied whether or not a truck crossing the border is carrying agricultural products... The adjustments to the APHIS fee increases are of little consolation to the trucking industry, according to the president and CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance. “This is a cash grab and a tax on trade,” said David Bradley. He pointed out that when the “nonsensical” fee increases were proposed last year, CTA obtained a legal opinion that was supported by the Government of Canada... It found the very existence of the fees is inconsistent with the United States’ obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)... 
(Photo: Traffic at border USA/Canada)   --  Washington, D.C., USA - Today's Trucking - Oct 26, 2015

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