4601.29 - Other:

This HTS category, 4601.29, encompasses mats, matting, and screens manufactured from vegetable materials that are not specifically categorized under the preceding subheadings. It broadly includes articles formed by weaving, plaiting, or assembling strips of plaiting materials into sheet form. The key defining characteristic is the use of vegetable matter as the primary constituent for these finished or partly finished articles.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings, 4601.21 covers similar items exclusively made of bamboo, while 4601.22 pertains to those constructed from rattan. Therefore, 4601.29 serves as a residual category for mats, matting, and screens composed of other vegetable plaiting materials, such as straw, reeds, rushes, or other fibrous plant matter. The classification hinges on the absence of bamboo or rattan as the primary material.

Within this category, further subdivisions exist to refine classification. The "Woven or partly assembled" subcategory pertains to articles where the plaiting materials have undergone weaving or have been partially joined together to form a sheet or mat structure. The "Other" subcategory would then encompass mats, matting, and screens that, while made of vegetable materials, do not fit the description of being woven or only partly assembled in this specific manner, potentially including those bound together in parallel strands or otherwise constructed.