Import Control System — service availability and issues
Updated 14 April 2025
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Service availability
Full service available.
Sign in to the Import Control System (ICS).
Planned downtime
Sunday 27 April 2025 9am to 5pm
Due to scheduled maintenance, you will be unable to access the Import Control System Northern Ireland (ICS NI) online service from 9am to 5pm on Sunday 27 April 2025.
During this time you will not be able to submit any entry summary declarations.
This downtime will also impact you if you use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS). While it is currently optional to include the entry summary declaration Movement Reference Number (MRN) in the Goods Movement Reference (GMR), this will not be possible during the planned downtime. The GMR will need to be processed without the entry summary declaration MRN.
The Goods Vehicle Movement Service will be fully available during the ICS NI downtime.
You should try to make any entry summary declarations in advance of the downtime and add declarations to GMRs before or after the planned downtime.
If you cannot submit your entry summary declaration in advance, you must submit them retrospectively when the ICS NI service downtime has ended, even if this is not within the specified legal time limits.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service issues
None.
Other services
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