KYIV, April 19 – Russia's expanding the list of cardboard and paper products, the import of which is prohibited from Ukraine, will not significantly affect the work of the industry, however the ban will become a problem for the export of cardboard boxes, bags and package, the executive director of the UkrPapir association, Eduard Lytvak, has said.

"Indeed, the ban on the export to the Russian Federation of uncoated paper and cardboard, Kraft paper and uncoated Kraft cardboard, multilayer and corrugated paper and cardboard will not significantly affect the work of industry enterprises, although it is unpleasant to state such a move by the Russian Federation," he told Interfax-Ukraine.