The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a decrease in Unified Carrier Registration fees for trucking companies, brokers and freight forwarders in 2020 and beyond.
In a notice of proposed rulemaking set to be published in the Federal Register Tuesday, Aug. 27, FMCSA proposes a fee reduction of 12.82% below the 2018 registration fee levels for 2020 “to ensure that fee revenues do not exceed the statutory maximum, and to reduce the excess funds held in the depository.” The proposed fees for 2021 would be reduced from the 2018 level by approximately 4.19%, the agency adds.
Carriers with one or two trucks paid $69 in 2018 and $62 in 2019. Under the new proposal, these companies would pay $60 for their 2020 UCR fees.
Fees graduate higher for carriers with more trucks.
Carriers with 3-5 trucks would pay $180; those with 6-20 trucks would pay $357; fleets with 21-100 trucks would pay $1,248; while trucking companies with between 101 and 1,000 trucks would pay $5,946in 2019. Carriers with more than 1,000 trucks would pay $58,060.
In 2021, fees will increase from 2020’s proposed level but stay below levels from 2018. Here are the fees for the next two years, compared to previous fees:
