Cho were the special local products of an area that consisted of a variety of goods, including fiber products such as silk, thick silk fabric, threads, cotton and cloth, marine products such as salt, abalone, seaweed and katauo (solid dried fish), iron, as well as Cho no sowaritsumono (the subordinate tax to cho [a tax paid by tribute]) such as oil, dyes, marine products and mountain vegetables.
調は、その地域の特産物で、一定量の絹、あしぎぬ、糸、綿、布などの繊維製品、塩、鰒、海藻、堅魚などの海産物や鉄、それに調副物として油、染料、海産物、山の幸など、様々な物品から成っていた。