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Apply for release of a private vessel on payment of Customs Duty and VAT (C384 (Vessels))

Use form C384 (Vessels) to apply for release on payment of Customs Duty or VAT on a private vessel.

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Private vessel — application for release on payment of Customs Duty, and VAT (384 (Vessels))

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Use form C384 (Vessels) to apply for the release on payment of Customs Duty or VAT on a private vessel.

Send your completed form to the Pleasure Craft Unit of Expertise.

Email HMRC to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

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Use form C1330 to notify HMRC of pleasure craft arriving from abroad that will not be released from customs control.

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Use form C1331 to declare items on a pleasure craft for non UK voyages leaving or arriving in the UK.

Published 4 April 2014
Last updated 14 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. The email address on the C384 form has been updated.

  2. Form C384 has been updated with a new address to send the form to.

  3. Private motor vehicle — application for release on payment of Customs Duty, and VAT (C384) form removed from the Related forms and guidance section.

  4. This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended.

  5. The 'Apply for release of a private vessel on payment of customs duty and VAT (C384 (Vessels))' form has been updated with a new postal address.

  6. The guidance has been updated to show that form C384 (Vessels) must be sent to the Pleasure Craft Unit of Expertise, not handed to HMRC or Border Agency at ports.

  7. C384 (Vessels) pdf has now been updated.

  8. New updated form added, replacing previous form.

  9. First published.