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The Weight Units field in Item records has ID values that don't match up with the IDs of the Units of Measure that have the same name.

I'm trying to programmatically set a Units List/Record field using the value from Item : Weight Units, but this can't work because the IDs for the same units of measure are not the same.
What is the correct way to do this?

Does Item : Weight Units use a different type than Units of Measure? If so, what is it so I can make a dropdown field with the same options?

Looks like because it's strictly weight measurements, it doesn't use the Units of Measure record type, just a static list or something like
ID: Name
1: lb
2: oz
3: kg
4: g

I can't find that list anywhere in Netsuite so I made a custom list with the same IDs and labels, and that's working just fine.