6216.00.38.00 - Without fourchettes (331) 🖩

This classification covers gloves, mittens, and mitts that are not knitted or crocheted, made of cotton, and specifically **lack fourchettes**. Fourchettes are the small strips of fabric often found between the fingers in gloves, which provide a better fit and shape. Therefore, this category is for cotton hand coverings where this particular structural element is absent.

The key distinction of this category, 6216.00.38.00, from its sibling, 6216.00.41.00, lies solely in the presence or absence of fourchettes. The sibling category, "With fourchettes," includes cotton gloves, mittens, and mitts that incorporate these triangular or rectangular fabric inserts between the fingers. Conversely, this category is exclusively for those cotton hand coverings that are constructed without these specific inserts.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS structure, there are no further subcategories. Classification at this level is determined by the material (cotton), construction (not knitted or crocheted), and the specific design feature of lacking fourchettes. Examples would include simpler cotton glove designs where the fabric for the fingers is cut and joined directly without additional gussets between the digits.