The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has postponed from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 an increase of about 10% in the fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, trucks, railroad cars and aircraft arriving at ports in the U.S. customs territory. These fees are being increased as follows.

• commercial vessels - $544, up from $494
• commercial trucks - $6.00 for a single border crossing, up from $5.25, and $120 for a transponder, up from $105
• commercial railroad cars - $8.75 per car, up from $7.75
• commercial aircraft - $78.00 per aircraft, up from $70.50

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