AMS Proposes to Decrease Fees for Rice Inspection Services

The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to lower its fees for rice inspection services, it said in a notice. The proposed rule would decrease fees across the board by 20 percent for fiscal year 2020, and again by 20 percent for FY21. Export port services would fall to $0.059 per hundredweight in the first year, and to $0.047 in the second. AMS is also proposing to set new formulas for annually updating its fees for rice inspection services. The fees have not been updated since 2010, AMS said.