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                In particular, he claimed, small and medium-sized companies are hoping to benefit from the customs union. | 
            
            
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                In his opinion, it is the small and the medium-sized companies that are likely to benefit most from the customs union. | 
            
            
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                As he pointed out, it has been the small not the mediumsized companies especially that have benefited from the customs union. | 
            
            
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                The customs union, he explained, aims to benefit small to medium size companies in particular. | 
            
            
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                He pointed out that small and medium-sized companies would particularly benefit from the customs union. |