Södra’s net sales 2010 amounted at 19,727 million Kronor, compared with 16,696 million the year before. The operating result was 2,271 million Kronor (593 million). Result after financial items increased by 1,670 million Kronor to 2,332 million (662).Södra’s largest business area, the pulp businesses within Södra Cell, reached an operating result of 2,224 million Kronor (406). The pulp market has been strong during the whole year, Södra writes in its report, and Södra Cell’s production increased to 2.01 million tons from 1.87 million tons 2009.“I am especially satisfied that we continue to increase the productivity in all our activities,” Leif Brodén, CEO of Södra commented the group’s year-end report.