Countif shows zero?

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I have this equation applied to a whole column, labeled EMs:

=IF(ISBLANK(Duplicates@row ), "", IF(Duplicates@row = "Missing Term", "", LEFT(Client@row , 3)))

which provides me a three digit number in the cell, for example: 201

On another page I am trying to count how many 201's there is.

=COUNTIF({EMs},[Primary Column]@row )

it comes back zero, when there are several?

I have tried

"201" instead of [Primary Column]@row

=201 instead of [Primary Column]@row

and yes, both column for source and countif equation are Text/ Number Columns

Any advice would be amazing!

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