These products are market leaders and include Biskuat biscuits in Indonesia, Tang beverages in Brazil and Eden cheese in the Philippines.

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Some of these countries have used polymer only for commemorative bills: these include China, where paper money was first used in the seventh century, and Brazil, where an experiment with plastic in 2000 proved unpopular.

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These include not only the big developing countries which have traditionally been invited, such as Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Mexico, but also a number of leaders from Africa, including Nigeria and Egypt, and the leaders of some smaller European countries such as Spain.

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