Lightweight Uncoated Vegetable Parchment Liner from China
Uncoated vegetable parchment paper at 20 g/m² used as bakery liners or food wraps, in sheets. Classified in HTS 4805.91.70.00 for other uncoated paperboard weighing over 15 g/m² but ≤30 g/m², meeting note 3 (not surface-colored, etc.). Its grease-resistant properties come from pulp processing, not coatings.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Document pulp processing method to distinguish from coated greaseproof papers in 4813
• Measure basis weight precisely; slight overages push to higher weight subheadings
• Avoid selling pre-printed; printing makes it Chapter 49, increasing scrutiny