Moscow, April 26, 2004. Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC [NYSE: WBD] today announced sales volumes for the three months ended March 31, 2004.
In the first quarter of 2004, the combined sales volumes in the dairy, juice and mineral water segments increased 4.6 % year-on-year and amounted to 391.3 thousand tons. By market segment, dairy sales volumes in the first quarter of 2004 increased 12.2 % year-on-year and stood at about 286.1 thousand tons. In the juice segment sales volumes amounted to 103.8 thousand tons, a 12.8 % decrease over the same period in 2003. Mineral water sales amounted to 1.4 thousand tons.
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