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Stores authority for alcoholic and tobacco products (C945)

Use form C945 to request authority for the shipment of alcoholic and tobacco products for use as stores, free of duty, on a ship.

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Request authority form (C945)

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Details

Request the authority for the shipment of alcoholic and tobacco products for use as stores, free of duty, on a ship.

Email HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to ask for this form in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Information you’ll need

You’ll need the following details to hand to help you complete the form:

  • voyage details including port, destination, approved wharf where stores are to be shipped and duration of voyage
  • goods details including name of supplier, description of goods, type of goods, volume, quantity, excise warehouse ID, alcoholic products producer approval (APPA) reference (if applicable), invoice or other unique reference number

How to use the form

You will fill this form in online and you cannot save your progress. It is best to get all of your information together before you start.

Loading of excise goods as aircraft, ship and train stores (Excise Notice 69a)
This notice is about HMRC’s policy on aircraft, ship and train stores following the Excise Goods (Aircraft and Ship’s Stores) Regulation 2015.

Updates to this page

Published 4 April 2014
Last updated 18 September 2025 show all updates
  1. The request authority form (C945) has been updated. Information you'll need to complete the form and where to send it have also been updated.

  2. An online forms service is now available.

  3. First published.

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