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  "heading": "THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY",
  "text": "Production within the meaning of the categories of activities contained in Part A of the Sections in this Chapter means the production by chemical processing for commercial purposes or on an industrial scale of substances or groups of substances listed in Sections 4.1 to 4.6.",
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