Back to overview
Resolved

CDS/GVMS scheduled maintenance

Jul 4, 2026 at 7:00pm UTC  –  Jul 5, 2026 at 1:30am UTC
Affected services
CDS Imports
CDS Exports
GVMS
MCP (Destin8)
CNS (Compass)
CCS UK
Pentant

Resolved
Jul 5, 2026 at 1:30am UTC

Maintenance ended

Created
Jul 4, 2026 at 7:00pm UTC

Due to scheduled maintenance the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) will be unavailable to all users from 8:00 pm Saturday 4th July until 02:30 am on Sunday 5th July 2026

Declarations should not be submitted during the outage period.

Creating, updating, or embarking a goods movement reference (GMR) during this time might be affected.

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/customs-service-status/service-availability/planned-work