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  "text": "(1) The items identified in Part I of this Schedule shall be taken to include—\n(a) substances undergoing polymerisation (which shall be taken to include polycondensation, polyaddition or any other similar process) to manufacture macromolecules,\n(b) natural or synthetic macromolecular substances used in the manufacture of modified macromolecules, if the monomers required to synthesize them are not so identified, and\n(c) substances used to modify existing natural or synthetic macromolecular substances.",
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