OREANDA-NEWS. July 07, 2008. In the Verkhovna Rada Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction will complete elaboration of the law "On Excise Duty on Alcoholic and Tobacco Goods" with taking into consideration an increase of this duty, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stated while presenting amendments to the Budget 2008.

"We will submit amendments for the second reading, taking into consideration the fact that our team represents both the Branch Committee and the Finance Minister attending the meeting now. I think that we will jointly elaborate those amendments and UAH 2 billion will be useful for the Budget", she said.