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    {
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    {
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 "no_code": {
  "lithium": "spodumene is in basket code HS 2530.90",
  "strontium": "celestite is in basket code HS 2530.90",
  "vanadium": "vanadium slag has no dedicated HS code",
  "cokingcoal": "HS 2701.12 mixes coking and thermal coal",
  "arsenic": "no dedicated ore code",
  "beryllium": "beryl is in a basket ore code",
  "magnesium": "mined as magnesite/dolomite; metal made domestically",
  "germanium": "recovered from zinc and coal; no ore trade",
  "gallium": "recovered from alumina; no ore trade",
  "silicon": "quartz feed is not traded under a dedicated code",
  "phosphorus": "elemental phosphorus is made from phosphate rock (natural phosphates row)"
 }
}