Meat exporters pleased with USTR port service fee revisions

New USTR Plan Responds to Shipping Concerns in Agriculture - Southern Farm Network

The U.S. Trade Representative has responded to concerns by the agriculture industry over a plan to impose fees designed to boost the U.S. shipbuilding industry. U.S. Meat Export Federation President and CEO Dan Halstrom explains why exporters wanted changes to the proposed port service fees. “Not only in regard to potentially higher costs in general, but one of the key components of that would be relatively high fees imposed on ocean vessels eve…

Meat exporters pleased with USTR port service fee revisions

Structure based more on vessel capacity rather than flat fees, making it less burdensome for smaller ships used on shorter routes such as to Central America and Colombia.