Downtime on CHIEF / CDS

14 Feb 2023

There is planned maintenance work for our Customs Handling of Import Export Freight (CHIEF) and Customs Declaration Service (CDS)

CHIEF - Saturday 25th February 2023, 9:30pm to 11pm

CDS - Saturday 25th February 2023, 9:30pm to 4:30am Sunday 26th February 2023.
Declarations submitted during the timeframes above will be processed at the end of the downtime.
Creating, updating, or embarking a goods movement reference (GMR) during these times will be affected. For guidance on GVMS please refer to the GVMS service availability page.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-for-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service-service-availability-and-issues/register-for-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service-service-availability-and-issues
HMRC apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.