MOSCOW, Aug. 20 - Russia and Ukraine are set to sign an agreement to settle a dispute over steel reinforcement bar shipments.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has instructed the Russian Economic Development and Trade Ministry to sign the agreement with the Ukrainian Economics Ministry regarding the bars, which are used to make reinforced concrete, the Russian government's press office said.

Ukraine has offered to limit rebar shipments, which Russia's steel mills have raised concerns about.