A booming demand in the US doubled by insufficient wood availability on the North American continent to satisfy the high lumber needs has created opportunities for the European sawmills to expand exports overseas.  Accordingly, in January-March 2021, European shipments to the US increased by 34 % (up to 1.1 million cubic meters) as compared to the first two months of 2020.  In Jan.-March 2021, US' main source for European softwood lumber was Germany with 531 thousand m3 and a market share of 49 percent of the overall American imports from Europe ...