REUTERS
Sanctions have been extended to glass canning jars, bottles for food and beverages, and other glass containers.
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has expanded the list of goods originating from the Russian Federation whose imports into Ukraine are banned.
The relevant resolution was passed at a government meeting on Wednesday, April 10, the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry's press service said.
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According to the document, the list includes urea-formaldehyde concentrate and resins, springs for bogies of freight cars (cylindrical outer helical springs and cylindrical inner helical springs), equipment for switching or protecting electrical circuits (relays), which are used in railway automation devices for signaling and communications, as well as electrical conductors for voltage over 1000 V.
In addition, it includes glass canning jars, bottles for food and beverages made of colorless and colored glass, and other glass containers.
The Cabinet says that the ban on the said goods will not result in their deficit and stimulate domestic production.
According to the report, the decision will also allow supplies to redirect exports to the domestic market of glass containers and diversify imported products, in particular, by increasing trade with the EU countries. In turn, this will contribute to the investment activity of Ukrainian companies, will allow Ukrainian producers to maintain existing jobs and create new ones, increase tax payments to budgets of all levels.