7616.10.50.00 - Cotters and cotter pins

This HTS subcategory, 7616.10.50.00, specifically covers cotters and cotter pins manufactured from aluminum. Cotters are typically split pins or fasteners used to secure other components, often by threading through a hole and bending to create a lock. Cotter pins, closely related, serve a similar function in preventing the loosening of nuts, bolts, or other fasteners by being inserted through a slot and then bent to prevent rotation or dislodgement.

It is crucial to distinguish this category from its siblings. While 7616.10.10.00 covers various types of nails, tacks, and staples, and 7616.10.30.00 pertains to rivets, this heading is exclusively for cotters and cotter pins. The defining characteristic is their specific design and function as securing devices that are split or bent to create a locking mechanism, differentiating them from the pointed, driven fasteners of nails/tacks/staples or the permanent joining mechanism of rivets.

As this is a leaf node, there are no further subcategories within 7616.10.50.00. Classification under this heading depends on the item's form, function, and material being aluminum. Therefore, any item fitting the description of a cotter or cotter pin, made entirely or predominantly of aluminum, will be classified here.