How do I entry data for this design

can someone help me to explain on this why is the parent_product_type_code is referencint to it’s own table ? what would be the values to be inputted ?, I am confuse because it reference to itself .

product_types

+----+--------------------------+
| PK |    product_type_code     |
+----+--------------------------+
| FK | parent_product_type_code |
|    | product_type_description |
+----+--------------------------+

products

+----+---------------------+
| PK |     product_id      |
+----+---------------------+
| FK | product_type_code   |
|    | product_name        |
|    | unit_price          |
|    | product_description |
+----+---------------------+