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To: BNSF Carload Customers
06/26/2012

BNSF Carload Fuel Surcharges for August 2012

Please be advised that the BNSF carload fuel surcharge for August will be:

  • 25.5 percent, as provided in Item 3375, Section A ($1.25 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
  • 13.0 percent, as provided in Item 3376, Section A ($2.50 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
The agricultural products mileage-based fuel surcharge for August will be:
  • $0.63/mile, as provided in Item 3375, Section B ($1.25 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
  • $0.32/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 August will be:
  • $0.63/mile, as provided in Item 3375, Section B ($1.25 strike price) of BNSF Rules Book 6100-A.
  • $0.32/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 $3.759 per gallon reported in June.

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

As communicated previously for July, the percent-of-revenue-based carload fuel surcharge will be 27.5 percent and 15.0 percent; the mileage-based AG Products fuel surcharge will be $0.69/mile and $0.37/mile; and the All Other Freight mileage-based fuel surcharge will be $0.69/mile and $0.37/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 July or August, please contact your marketing representative at 888-428-2673.

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