KIEV, Oct. 8 – President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law on an economic experiment in state support for the shipbuilding industry passed by Parliament in September, reads a posting on the parliament's Web site issued on October 5, 2012.

The law approved by Parliament on September 6, mandates an experimental approach to increasing the production volume of the sector, and revenues to the budget, from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2023.