NCTS Downtime Planned Between 20:00-22:00hrs 10th March 2026

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Gail Leeson
4 March 2026

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HMRC have advised of planned downtime for the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), scheduled for Tuesday, 10th March 2026.

The NCTS will be affected as follows:


Tuesday 10th March 2026 20:00 – 22:00 hrs:


NCTS XI will be unavailable between   20.00 – 21.00 hrs

NCTS GB will be unavailable between  21.00 – 22.00 hrs


NCTS GB and NCTS XI data submitted during the affected time period will be held and processed once the maintenance activity is complete and the service returns to normal operation.


NCTS service availability can be found at the link below:


NCTS service availability page

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