KIEV, April 29 – The national budget this year could receive UAH700-800 million thanks to new rules on the import of mobile phones, according to Serhiy Kolobov, the head of the National Communications Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NCRC).

He said in Kiev on Tuesday at the presentation of a new mobile phone IMEI data registration system, the new rules would help cutting the smuggling of mobile phones, which would lead to a rise in VAT payments.