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      "question": "Which chapter is HS heading 34.06 in?",
      "answer": "HS heading 34.06 is in chapter 34 (soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster)."
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