OREANDA-NEWS. May 14, 2010. During the first three months of 2010, the pulp and paper output of Ilim Group enterprises integrated into Ilim East business unit (the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Branches) amounted to 358 thousand tons, i.e. up 8% over the first three months of 2009.

The overall output includes 304 thousand tons of market pulp which is up 7% from the same period of 2009. Containerboard output reached 54 thousand tons, up 12% year-on-year.

Pulping went up 8% to 392 thousand tons.

Logging branches of Ilim Group in Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk regions logged 1480 thousand m3 of wood which is up 6% from January-March 2009. Timber supply reached 2279 thousand m3, up 11% over the same period of the previous year.