CBP Posts User Fee Table (Reflects Increased COBRA Fees)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a table regarding the user fees that are collected by CBP.
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List of User Fees Covered in the Table
CBP's table provides the fee, the authority to collect and spend, the date established and the date of last change, the party liable for the payment, where and how the fee is collected, the nature of spending those funds, and the amount for each fee listed below:
COBRA Commercial Vessel Fee1
COBRA Commercial Vehicle (Truck) Fee1
COBRA Rail Car Fee1
COBRA Private Aircraft/Vessel Fee1
COBRA Air/Sea Passenger Fee1
COBRA Cruise Vessel Passenger Fee1
COBRA Ferry Passenger Fee1
COBRA Dutiable Mail Fee1
COBRA Broker Permit Fee1
COBRA Barge/Bulk Carrier Fee1
Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)
Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF): Imports
HMF: Domestic Movements
HMF: Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Admissions
HMF: Cruise Vessel Passengers
Agriculture: Beef Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Pork Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Honey Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Cotton Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Potato Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Mushroom Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Watermelon Imports Assessment
Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Commercial Vessel User Fee2
Agriculture: APHIS Commercial Truck User Fee3
1CBP's chart reflects the April 1, 2007 increase in certain COBRA user fees. (CBP issued a final rule, effective April 1, 2007, that, among other things, amended 19 CFR Parts 24 and 111 by increasing the fees charged for certain customs inspectional services under section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (COBRA). (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/31/07 news, 07013110, for BP summary.))
2 Effective March 1, 2007, commercial vessels entering the U.S. from Canada were no longer exempt from the APHIS agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) fee.
3 Though not reflected in this CBP table, effective June 1, 2007 commercial trucks and railroad cars entering the U.S. from Canada are scheduled to no longer be exempt from the APHIS AQI fees. According to APHIS sources, the commercial railroad car fees are not listed in this table because these fees are directly remitted to APHIS, unlike the commercial truck user fee which will be collected by CBP on behalf of APHIS. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/27/07 news, 07022710, for BP summary of APHIS delaying these AQI fees until June 1. See ITT's Online Archives or 03/23/07 news, 07032310, for BP summary of CBP updating information on user fee decals and transponders, which reflects the COBRA user fee increases, and provides information on the AQI fees.)
CBP User Fee Table (posted 03/29/07) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/carriers/userfeetable.ctt/userfee0407.xls
BP Note on HMF for Exports
Although CBP's user fee table continues to list the HMF for exports, it notes that on March 31, 1998, the Supreme Court issued a judgment that the HMF as assessed on exports is unconstitutional and beginning April 27, 1998, exporters were advised to stop payment of the fee.