4806.10.00.00 - Vegetable parchment

This HTS classification covers "Vegetable parchment" (HTS 4806.10.00.00). Vegetable parchment is a strong, translucent paper made from cellulose pulp that has been chemically treated to resist grease and oil. Its unique properties, including its impermeability to fats and oils and its resistance to heat, make it suitable for a variety of specialized applications, primarily in the food packaging industry where it serves as an effective barrier material.

It is important to distinguish vegetable parchment from its sibling categories within HTS 4806. While all are treated papers, vegetable parchment is specifically characterized by its resistance to grease and oil due to its chemical treatment and dense structure. This differentiates it from greaseproof papers (4806.20.00.00), which offer general grease resistance but may not achieve the same level of impermeability. Similarly, it is distinct from tracing papers (4806.30.00.00), which are designed for ink and pencil marking, and glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers (4806.40.00.00), which prioritize transparency and smoothness for printing or decorative purposes.

As HTS 4806.10.00.00 is a leaf node, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, classification within this heading relies on accurately identifying the product as vegetable parchment based on its manufacturing process, chemical treatment, and functional properties of grease and oil resistance, as opposed to the primary characteristics of the other papers enumerated in heading 4806.