St. Petersburg, Russia, 03 May 2011 — Over the first quarter of 2011, the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk branches of Ilim Group have manufactured 367,000 tons of pulp and paper products. This is 2.5% more than in January—March of the previous year.

This includes 309,000 tons of market pulp, which is a 2% increase from the similar period performance in 2010.

Market containerboard production has reached 58,000 tons, having gained 7%.

Logging volumes by Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk forest branches have reached 1,402,000 cubic meters, up 29% compared with the same period of 2010.