SIMA Codes

Field No. 32 - SIMA Code

Complete on all types of Form B3 if the goods are subject to an action under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). Identify the type of SIMA assessment applicable to the goods being imported as well as the mode of payment in the following manner:

The first digit will be the SIMA assessment type:

1. Goods are not subject to an assessment of anti-dumping duty, countervailing duty, or provisional duty under SIMA, or a Surtax Order or a Surcharge Order under the Customs Tariff;

2. Goods are covered by an undertaking under SIMA;

3. Goods are subject to an assessment of provisional duties under SIMA;

4. Goods are subject to a Canadian International Trade Tribunal finding: the assessment results in no amount of anti-dumping duty or countervailing duty being payable;

5. Goods are subject to a Canadian International Trade Tribunal finding and/or a Surtax Order, and/or a Surcharge Order: anti-dumping duty and/or countervailing duty, and/or a surtax, and/or a surcharge is payable.

The second digit will indicate a nil assessment or the payment mode:

0. Nil payment;

1. Cash;

2. Bond.