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 27 September 2025 9:30pm to 5am Sunday 28 September 2025
Scheduled maintenance for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) system will take place from 9:30pm on Saturday 27 September 2025 to 5am on Sunday 28 September 2025 During the downtime, you will not be able to:
- add import declarations
- add export declarations
- validate goods movement references (GMRs)
Where possible add declarations to GMRs before or after the downtime.
The GVMS core service will be fully available during this time.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Goods Vehicle Movement Service
Go to the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Updates to this page
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Scheduled maintenance of the Customs Declaration Service has been added from 9:30pm on Saturday 27 September 2025 to 5am on Sunday 28 September 2025. This will impact users of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
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Scheduled maintenance from 9:30pm on Saturday 31 May 2025 to 6am Sunday 1 June 2025 has been cancelled.
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Scheduled maintenance from 9:30pm on Saturday 14 June 2025 to 6am Sunday 15 June 2025 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance from 9:30pm on Saturday 31 May 2025 to 6am Sunday 1 June 2025 has been added.
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Planned downtime from 8:30pm to 10:30pm on Saturday 29 March 2025 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance of the Customs Declaration Service has been added from 9:30pm to 11:30pm on Saturday 14 December 2024, this will impact users of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
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A service issue for the Goods Movement reference has been added. We are aware that some goods movements on route to border locations have been able to create a valid Goods Movement Reference.
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A service issue for the Goods Movement reference has been added. Some goods movement on route to border locations are not able to create a valid Goods Movement Reference.
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Scheduled maintenance from 8am to 11:59am on Sunday 22 September 2024 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance from 9:30pm on Saturday 28 September 2024 to 3:30am Sunday 29 September 2024 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance from 9:30pm on Saturday 6 July 2024 to 5:30am Sunday 7 July 2024 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance from 6am to 7:45am on Thursday 13 June 2024 has been added.
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Scheduled maintenance from 10pm to 10.30pm on Saturday 15 June has been added.
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Planned downtime from 7pm to 8:30pm on Thursday 23 May 2024 has been added.
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Planned downtime from 9:30pm on Saturday 23 March to 4am Sunday 24 March 2024 has been added.
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