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14.262. In addition, customs data could help to identify thresholds in order to adjust travel and goods, according to the EBOPS concept, accordingly (i.e., durable goods and valuables).[3] Such adjustment would entail the calculation of totals on travel-related inflow from travel survey data or credit card data and the value of the total amount of valuables and durable goods in excess of custom thresholds from customs data; efforts must be made to avoid double-counting.
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[1] See BPM6, paras. 10.85-10.100.
[2] See MSITS 2010, paras. 3.115-3.131.
[3] BPM6, MSITS 2010 and ITRS 2008 have different treatments concerning some goods purchased by those travelling: the BPM6 and MSITS 2010 travel item excludes purchases of valuables and consumer durables above a customs threshold, whereas ITRS 2008 includes all such purchases, irrespective of the threshold; see MSITS 2010, box III.5, for the relationship between data on travel and tourism statistics.