Goods Vehicle Movement Service

{{short description|UK government border control IT system}}

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The Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is a UK government border control information technology system for coordinating the movement of vehicles. It is part of the government's measures for dealing with post-Brexit trade.{{Cite web|title=What is GVMS, the UK's new border IT system? Here's what we know – so far|url=http://www.export.org.uk/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=The Institute of Export and International Trade|language=en}} The system is estimated to need to process 400 million customs declarations per year.{{Cite news|last=Burden|first=Lizzy|date=2020-07-04|title=Unseen and untested Brexit IT system risks customs chaos|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/04/unseen-untested-brexit-system-risks-customs-chaos/|access-date=2020-08-29|issn=0307-1235}}

{{As of|2020|08|28}}, the system is still in beta testing,{{Cite web |title=Goods Vehicle Movements - HMRC Developer Hub - GOV.UK |url=https://developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk/api-documentation/docs/api/service/goods-movement-system-haulier-api/1.0 |access-date=2020-08-29 |website=developer.service.hmrc.gov.uk |language=en}} and user testing of the system had only just started, with four months to go before the system needed to go live.{{Cite news |date=2020-08-27 |title=U.K. Starts Research on Brexit Customs System Due in Four Months |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-27/u-k-starts-research-on-brexit-customs-system-due-in-four-months |access-date=2020-08-29 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}} The system was partially introduced on 1st January, 2021.{{Cite web |title=What is the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS)? |url=https://tudorfreight.com/logistics/latest-news/2021/what-is-the-goods-vehicle-movement-service-gvms/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=Excess Baggage |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Will GVMS be ready in time? The media response to the government's new border goods checking system|url=http://www.export.org.uk/|access-date=2020-08-29|website=The Institute of Export and International Trade|language=en}}

In September 2020, a survey of hauliers showed that over half had not heard of the existence of the GVMS.{{Cite news|title=Customs agents not ready for Brexit trade with EU, survey shows|url=https://www.ft.com/content/486b19dd-96c5-4187-8aeb-6b2a4fca4930|access-date=2020-09-14|newspaper=Financial Times|first=Peter|last=Foster|date=14 September 2020}}