REUTERS
The relevant resolution was adopted on March 18.
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers will impose a special duty at 65% on imports of coal, except anthracite and coking coal, from Russia on April 1, 2020.
That is according to the Cabinet's resolution of March 18 published on the government portal.
The document also stipulates certain exceptions. In particular, this refers to A-grade coal (anthracite), bituminous and coking coals for the steelmaking industry, as well as lean coal for producers of electric and thermal energy.
No special duty on electricity imports, which was earlier announced at a government meeting, has been placed, according to the resolution.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's Minister of Economy, Trade, and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko at a Cabinet meeting on March 18 said that a special duty at 65% on imports of electricity and coal, except for anthracite and coking coal, from Russia would be imposed from April 1, 2020.
On April 8, Ukraine's National Energy and Utilities Regulation Commission (NEURC) canceled biddings on distributing interstate intersection capacity with Russia and Belarus for 2020, which means limiting imports of electricity from said countries pending quarantine period and 30 days after its termination.