Over the first three quarters of 2012, Ilim Group’s Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Mills (Irkutsk Oblast) manufactured 1,099,000 tons of pulp and paper products. As compared to the January-September 2011, production output remained flat.
This includes 933,000 tons of market pulp, which is slightly better than the similar period performance in the previous year.
Market containerboard production totaled 166,000 tons, which is 5% below the first nine months of 2011. Decrease in production output is due to market demand for reduced basis weight board, which leads to output decrease in terms of tons produced.
Pulp cooking volumes have not changed significantly and amounted to 1,194,000 tons.
Ilim Group's harvesting operations in Siberia have increased by 6% as compared to the similar period in 2011 to reach 5,005 thousand cubic meters.