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Lower grain inspection and weighing fees coming in August

The following changes will take effect on Aug. 1:

• The fee for official inspection of grain discharged to ships will be reduced from $1.70 to $1.35 per tonne.
• The fee for official weighing of grain discharged to ships will be reduced from $0.16 to $0.07 per tonne.
• The fee for official inspection of railway cars, trucks or containers will be reduced from $153.43 to $121.12 per inspection.
• The fee for official weighing of railway cars, trucks or containers will be reduced from $14.78 to $6.67 per railway car, truck or container.

These changes are expected to result in estimated savings of approximately $10 million for the 2017-18 fiscal year, based on a projected grain handling volume of 34.4 million metric tonnes. Savings for the 2018-19 fiscal year and each year after are expected to total approximately $15 million.