KYIV, Feb 18 – The introduction of a duty on imports of diesel fuel to Ukraine would boost spending of ore-dressing and processing enterprises of the country by UAH 600-700 million a year, Oleksandr Kalenkov, the president of Ukrmetallurgprom, the steel making association, said Tuesday.

"The additional costs of Ukrainian ore-dressing and processing plants in the case of the introduction of duties on the import of diesel fuel will amount to UAH 600-700 million per year," Kalenkov, quoted by the association's press service on its Facebook page, said.