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      "question": "What does HS code 1302.31 cover?",
      "answer": "HS code 1302.31 covers mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products, agar-agar."
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      "question": "Which heading and chapter is HS code 1302.31 in?",
      "answer": "HS code 1302.31 is in heading 13.02 (vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products) in chapter 13 (lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts)."
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      "question": "Where are goods of heading 13.02 classified when 1302.31 doesn’t fit?",
      "answer": "Other goods of heading 13.02 are classified under 1302.11 (vegetable saps and extracts, opium), 1302.12 (vegetable saps and extracts, of liquorice), 1302.13 (vegetable saps and extracts, of hops), 1302.14 (vegetable saps and extracts, of ephedra) or 4 others."
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      "question": "Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 1302.31?",
      "answer": "National tariff lines under 1302.31 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country)."
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        "HS code 1302.31 covers mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products, agar-agar.",
        "The legal text of the subheading is “Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: Agar-agar”, read under “Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products”, in HS2022."
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        "1302.31 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 13, are the chapter; the first four, 1302, are heading 13.02; the last two, 31, identify the subheading within the heading.",
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