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Code of Federal Regulations Title 9. Animals and Animal Products § 9.130.4 User fees for processing import permit applications

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

User fees for any service rendered by an APHIS representative for processing applications for permits to import certain animals and animal products (using VS forms 16–3 and 17–129) are listed in the table in this section. The person for whom the service is provided and the person requesting the service are jointly and severally liable for payment of these user fees in accordance with §§ 130.50 and 130.51. These fees are nonrefundable. The table follows:

User fee

Service

Unit

Apr. 29, 2009-Sept. 30, 2009

Oct. 1, 2009-Sept. 30, 2010

Oct. 1, 2010-Sept. 30, 2011

Oct. 1, 2011-Sept. 30, 2012

Import compliance assistance:

Simple (4 hours or less)

Per shipment

$99.00

$102.00

$105.00

$108.00

$111.00

Complicated (more than 4 hours)

Per shipment

514.00

514.00

531.00

548.00

565.00

Processing an application for a permit to import live animals, animal products or by products, organisms, vectors, or germ plasm (embryos or semen) or to transport organisms or vectors 1

Initial permit

Per application

133.00

137.00

141.00

145.00

150.00

Amended permit

Per amended application

66.00

68.00

70.00

73.00

75.00

Renewed permit 2

Per application

86.00

89.00

91.00

94.00

97.00

Processing an application for a permit to import fetal bovine serum when facility inspection is required

Per application

455.00

469.00

483.00

497.00

512.00

1 Using Veterinary Services Form 16-3, “Application for Permit to Import or Transport Controlled Material or Organisms or Vectors,” or Form 17-129, “Application for Import or In Transit Permit (Animals, Animal Semen, Animal Embryos, Birds, Poultry, or Hatching Eggs).”

2 Permits to import germ plasm and live animals are not renewable.

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