Guidance

Goods Vehicle Movement Service — service availability and issues

Check the availability of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) and get information on any issues.

Service issues

If there are any issues with the service we will tell you about the temporary arrangements to keep your goods moving.

Scheduled maintenance

Saturday 1723 FebruaryMarch 20249:30pm 6pm to 7:30pm4am Sunday 24 March 2024

Scheduled maintenance for the Customs HandlingDeclaration ofService Import(CDS) and Export Freight system will take place from 6pmSaturday to23 7:30pmMarch on2024 Saturday9:30pm 17to February4am Sunday 24 March 2024.

During thisthe time,downtime, you will not be able to:

  • add import declarations declarations
  • add export declarations
  • validate goods movement referencesvalidate GMRs

Where possible add declarations to theto GMRs before goods movement reference before or after thisthe scheduled maintenance.downtime.

The The GVMS core core service will be fully available during this time.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Goods Vehicle Movement Service

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Published 13 February 2024
Last updated 8 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Planned downtime from 9:30pm on Saturday 23 March to 4am Sunday 24 March 2024 has been added.

  2. First published.