
In this case, the data for Japan and United States under commodity code 1234.56.78.10-0 and 1234.56.78.90-0 is restricted. Data for these two countries are combined under “Confidential Country Code”. There is no discrepancy in the total value of commodity 1234.56.78.10-0/ 1234.56.78.90-0 before and after suppression applied.
“Product code for suppression” (which is 1234.56.78.ZZ-Z in the example) is a pseudo code only for providing extra reference information about confidentiality. The value of Japan of “Product Code for Suppression” equals the value of same country of 1234.56.78.10-0 plus 1234.56.78.90-0. So does the value of “United States”. To avoid double counting, the value of “Product code for suppression” shall not sum up into total amount by goods. In other words, the data at higher level of commodity (such as 1234.56.78) can be acquired by adding up the value of 1234.56.78.10-0 and 1234.56.78.90-0, which equals the value accessed directly by this statistics database.