Information on Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Fee (AQI) Changes Effective December 1, 2022

CSMS # 53842300 - Information on Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Fee (AQI) Changes Effective December 1, 2022 U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 11/01/2022 03:19 PM EDT CSMS # 53842300 - Information on Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Fee (AQI) Changes Effective December 1, 2022 CBP collects commercial truck and commercial cargo vessel Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) fees on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).  Pursuant to the Stakeholder Announcement published November 1, 2022, adjustments to certain AQI fees will take effect on December1, 2022. The Stakeholder Announcement may be accessed at the link below: aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2022/aqi-user-fees-response The Commercial Truck with Transponder AQI Fee (one annual payment) will change to $291.60. The Commercial Truck Single Crossing AQI Fee will change to $7.29. A table summarizing commercial truck arrival annual and single crossing fees is below. To facilitate processing at ports of entry, online prepayment of annual and single truck crossing fees is highly encouraged.  Please pay online using CBP’s Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS) : dtops.cbp.dhs.gov Commercial Truck Arrival Fee as of October 1, 2022 Fee as of December 1, 2022 APHIS Annual Prepaid AQI Fee (Class Code 483) $301.67 $291.60 CBP Annual Prepaid Customs User Fee (Class Code 902) $118.63 $118.63 Total Annual Prepaid Fee $420.30 $410.23 APHIS Single Crossing AQI Fee (Class Code 482) $7.55 $7.29 CBP Single Crossing Customs User Fee* (Class Code 492) $6.50 $6.50 Total Single Crossing Fee* $14.05 $13.79 *Once eighteen CBP Single Crossing Customs User Fees have been paid and used for a vehicle identification number (VIN)/vehicle in a DTOPS account within a calendar year, the payment required for the nineteenth (and subsequent) single crossing is only the APHIS Single Crossing AQI Fee and no longer includes the CBP Single Crossing Customs User Fee (for the remainder of that calendar year). The Commercial Cargo Vessel AQI Fee is not changing; it remains at $825.00.