Lightweight Uncoated Vegetable Parchment Liner from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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