Google category or department taxonomy for a google shopping xml file

When building an xml file to supply to Google Shopping product taxonomy is required for:

    Apparel & Accessories > Clothing (1604)
    Apparel & Accessories > Shoes (187)
    Apparel & Accessories > Clothing Accessories > Sunglasses (178)
    Apparel & Accessories > Handbags, Wallets & Cases > Handbags (3032)
    Apparel & Accessories > Jewelry > Watches (201)
    Media > Books (784)
    Media > DVDs & Videos (839)
    Media > Music & Sound Recordings (855)
    Software > Video Game Software (1279) (includes computer games)

For products in these categories, you can't just provide the highest-level category, like Apparel & Accessories (166) or Media (783).

These categories are optional for products in all other categories.

Link to the current Google shopping product category taxonomy:

https://www.google.com/basepages/producttype/taxonomy.en-US.txt
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