Comment by KoolKat23
Despite people's ridicule this is normal practice, prevents loopholes being exploited.
Despite people's ridicule this is normal practice, prevents loopholes being exploited.
Yep, there is data saying those islands are exporting to the US: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/revea...
It seems more likely that bad data was involved.
There are actually export statistics (obviously errors, possibly fraud) for these islands. Someone probably stuck the numbers in a formula without digging a little deeper.