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Monetary values of records and tapes exported from a country, or imported into that country, however, are recorded on customs forms. As such, they become a part of the massive economic data base for an economy. Within this economic data base, the total values of imported and exported music 4recordings are determined. A simple comparison of these two total values provides a measurement of the effect on a coun try's balance of trade of the import and export of music recordings. Within the context of music recordings imports and exports, however, the identification of import and export values attributable to a specific type of music becomes some what more difficult.
The difficulty is usually not caused by an absence of information on the customs documents. Rather, the difficulty is typically the result of bureaucratic determinations categor ies of information are worth the expense of segregating. This difficulty does not alter that fact that the effect of rock and r
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