7418.10.00.53 - Cooking and kitchen ware

This HTS subheading, 7418.10.00.53, specifically covers cooking and kitchen ware made from copper. This includes a wide array of items designed for food preparation, serving, and storage within a domestic setting. Examples within this classification would encompass copper pots, pans, skillets, saucepans, kettles, strainers, colanders, mixing bowls, and serving dishes when they are primarily constructed of copper. The key criterion is the item's function as kitchen or cooking apparatus and its composition.

This category is distinct from its sibling, 7418.10.00.51, which pertains to non-electric cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes. While both relate to domestic use and copper, 7418.10.00.51 is focused on apparatus that generate heat (like stovetop burners or portable stoves), whereas 7418.10.00.53 is for the vessels and tools used in the process of cooking and serving food. The sibling 7418.10.00.55, "Other," serves as a residual category for copper household articles not otherwise specified.

As a leaf node, 7418.10.00.53 does not have further subcategories. Therefore, the classification hinges on the precise definition of "cooking and kitchen ware" and the material being copper. Any item that fits this functional description and is predominantly made of copper would fall under this heading. Items made of copper alloys where copper is not the principal base metal, or items that are primarily decorative or utilitarian but not for cooking or food preparation, would likely be classified elsewhere.