OREANDA-NEWS. December 31, 2009. Ilim Group sets another record in pulp and board shipments to China: this year the Company’s locations, the Bratsk and Ust-Ilimsk Branches, have already shipped more than 1 million tons of products to the Chinese partners.

The Company has been in the Chinese market for nearly ten years, steadily increasing its sales. Over the past years, the Company's annual pulp and board shipments amounted to approximately 900,000 tons. This year the Group passed the 1-million mark for the first time.

Shipments to China will continue to hold an important place in the Company’s business in the future: China is one of the priority markets for Ilim Group. According to Mr. Paul Herbert, the Company's CEO, Ilim Group intends to remain the leading supplier of pulp and paper products to the Chinese market, continuously increasing its presence there.