APHIS proposed rule on Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Program

News from AAFC’s Market Access Secretariat

On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published on it’s website an advance copy of the Final Rule concerning changes to the user fees for the Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) program.

APHIS has noted that steps have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this internet version of the rule, however, this is not the official version of the final rule for the purposes of compliance. The official version of the rule will be published in a forthcoming Federal Register publication, which will appear on the Government Printing Office’s GovInfo website and on Regulations.gov.