KIEV, Oct. 20 – The increase in excise duties on diesel fuel that contains from 0.035% to 0.2% sulfur by EUR 15 per ton would lead to a rise in prices of fuel in the wholesale and retail trade by around 18 kopecks, taking into account the present euro exchange rate, the director of the A-95 consulting group, Serhiy Kuyun, told Interfax-Ukraine.

Galnaftogaz Concern spokesman Oles Pohranichny, said that with the increase of excise duties by EUR 15 per ton, the price of diesel fuel would grow by around 20 kopecks.