Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel.

In Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82 (but not in heading 73.15) references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above”. The General Explanatory Note (C) Parts of Articles to Section XV states the following: “In general, identifiable parts of articles are classified as such parts in their appropriate headings in the Nomenclature. However, parts of general...

Source: advance_ruling (C-2017-000629)

Section 11 of the Customs Tariff states that in interpreting the headings and subheadings, regard shall be had to the World Customs Organization's (WCO) Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. General Interpretative Rule 1 (GIR 1) directs that titles of Sections, Chapters and sub-Chapters are provided for ease of reference only. For legal purposes,...

Source: advance_ruling (C-2019-003714)

Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Coach screws Coach screws are a special kind of wood screw which differs from the latter because they have a hexagonal head or a square head and may have a fixed cap. There are two types of coach screws: — screws used to secure railway lines to sleepers of wood which are, in principle, large wood screws with a hexagonal or square unslotted head (see example A); — screws used for assembling...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Spaced-thread screws This subheading covers hardened screws with head and fixing thread (V-thread) for driving into sheet metal. The thread, which is not metric, extends from the shank end to the head. The shank end is pointed or a journal. They typically have the following appearance:

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

For fixing railway track construction material This subheading includes: 1.  hook bolts which generally have a square or trapezoidal head, with or without a square neck, and which are used for metal sleepers; 2.  fish bolts which generally have a square or round head and oval neck, and which are used to join rails to one another; 3.  other bolts for fixing railway track construction material,...

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Without heads►M48These subheadings include goods with internal or external drive/notch, for example, with six-point star-shaped drive, but not having a head protruding from a shank.◄These subheadings include goods which typically have the following appearance:

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

With heads These subheadings cover screws and bolts having a head protruding from a shank.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

OtherThis subheading includes screws and bolts with square socket heads or square, octagonal or triangular heads,round-headed screws and bolts of various types, for example:

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)

Other, with an inside diameter The inside diameter must be measured at the root of the thread. The diameter of bolts, on the other hand, must be measured at the crest of the thread.

Source: eu_cn_en (EUR-Lex 02019XC0329(02)-20250113)