Import/Export User Fees

We are amending user fees for certain import- and export- related services we provide for live animals and birds, animal products, organisms and vectors, and germ plasm and veterinary diagnostic services. We are also establishing user fees for certain import- and export-related services we provide for live animals and birds, and animal products and byproducts. We are also making several miscellaneous changes, such as amending the definitions of certain words. These actions are necessary to help ensure that we recover our costs and to simplify and clarify the application of user fees for the public. These actions are taken in accordance with the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended, which gives us the authority to set and collect these user fees.