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To: BNSF Carload Customers
02/28/2012

BNSF Carload Fuel Surcharge for April 2012

This is to advise you that the BNSF carload fuel surcharge for the month of April will be:

    27.5 percent, as provided in Item 3375, Section A ($1.25 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
    15.0 percent, as provided in Item 3376, Section A ($2.50 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
The AG Products mileage-based fuel surcharge for the month of April will be:
    $0.68/mile, as provided in Item 3375, Section B ($1.25 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
    $0.37/mile, as provided in Item 3376, Section B ($2.50 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
The All Other Freight mileage-based fuel surcharge for April will be:
    $0.68/mile, as provided in Item 3375, Section B ($1.25 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
    $0.37/mile, as provided in Item 3376, Section B ($2.50 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
This is based on the national highway diesel fuel average price of $3.953 per gallon reported in February.

For information regarding the monthly surcharge and how it is calculated, see our HDF Fuel Surcharge Web page.

As communicated previously for March, the percent-of-revenue-based carload fuel surcharge will be 26.0 percent and 13.5 percent; the mileage-based AG Products fuel surcharge will be $0.65/mile and $0.34/mile; and the All Other Freight mileage-based fuel surcharge will be $0.65/mile and $0.34/mile, based on Items 3375 and 3376, Sections A and B, of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.

If you have any questions about fuel surcharges for March or April, please contact your marketing representative at 888-428-2673.

If you have any questions, please send an email to Customer.Notifications@bnsf.com