1 Chemicals and biochemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry except fungicides, herbicides, insecticides and parasiticides; unprocessed plastics; chemical compounds that can be cross-linked to form plastics; unprocessed plastics in the form of solutions, emulsions, dispersions, powders, binding powders, granules, thermoplastic fibres, pastes, extrudates and in dried form, in particular in spray-dried form; chemical raw materials, auxiliaries used in plastics production, chemical additives and catalysts for producing plastics; polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl alcohols, polyvinyl acetals, acrylates, styrenes, vinylester, their mixtures, blends, alloys, copolymers, graft copolymers and block copolymers with one another or with other polymers; chemicals used in industry, namely, embedding compounds, moulding compounds; impregnating, binding and coating agents for textiles, fibres, furs, leather, fleeces, fabrics and wood; chemical impregnating agents for building materials, wood, artificial stone and natural stone, mortar, cement, concrete, gas concrete, gypsum, masonry and facades; chemical stone strengtheners; polymer-based chemical coating agents for paper, mineral materials, fillers and pigments; [ lubricants for yarns; ] chemical binders for paints, lacquers, sizes, adhesives and for chemicals used in the building industry; chemical binders for fleeces, nonwovens, filters, laminates, fibres, fibre sizes, carpet finishes, needle felts, paper coatings, paper impregnants, flameproof finishes and [ hf ] * HF * weldability finishes; plasticisers for plastics; chemical adhesion promoters; antistatic chemical agents; vinyl acetate; vinyl chloride; adhesives used in industry; organic intermediates for the processing industry; chemical thickening and thixotropic agents for use in the manufacture of adhesives and cosmetics