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The DOE LNG monthly report shows that US terminals shipped 62.1 Bcf to the Netherlands (15.3 percent), 45.7 Bcf to Germany (11.3 percent), 42.3 Bcf to Italy (10.4 percent), 27.3 Bcf to France (6.7 percent), and 25.6 Bcf to Egypt (6.3 percent) in June.
These five countries took 50 percent of total US LNG exports in June.
The Netherlands was also the top destination for US LNG supplies in May, Spain was the top destination in April, France was the top destination in March, while LNG import terminals in Turkiye and the UK were the top destinations for US LNG cargoes in January and February 2025.
DOE’s data previously showed that the Netherlands was the top destination for US LNG supplies in 2024 with 463.8 Bcf or 139 cargoes, down by 21 percent year-on-year, while France took 354.8 Bcf or 108 cargoes, down by 28 percent year-on-year.
June LNG exports up
The DOE report shows that the US exported 406 Bcf of LNG to 34 countries in June, up 13.9 percent from the same month in 2024 and a drop of 6.9 percent compared to the prior month.
In September 2024, Europe again became the preferred destination for US LNG cargoes over Asia, and this remained the case to date.
Europe received 251.7 Bcf (62 percent), Asia 86.7 Bcf (21.4 percent), Latin America/Caribbean 42 Bcf (10.3 percent), and Africa 25.6 Bcf (6.3 percent) in June.
DOE said that 86.4 percent of total LNG exports went to non-free trade agreement countries, while the remaining 13.6 percent went to free trade agreement countries.
Moreover, US terminals shipped 130 LNG cargoes in June, down compared to 138 LNG cargoes in May.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant sent 26 cargoes, and its Corpus Christi terminal shipped 20 cargoes, while the Freeport LNG terminal shipped 24 cargoes.
Venture Global’s Plaquemines plant shipped 19 cargoes, and its Calcasieu plant sent 13 cargoes, while Sempra’s Cameron LNG terminal sent 17 cargoes.
The Cove Point LNG terminal dispatched eight shipments, and the Elba Island plant also shipped three cargoes during the month under review.
Average price at 7.33/MMBtu
According to DOE’s report, the average price by export terminal reached 7.33/MMBtu in June.
This compares to 6.32/MMBtu in June 2024 and 7.14/MMBtu in May 2025.
The most expensive average price in June came from Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal, and it reached $10.64/MMBtu, followed by Freeport LNG with $7.52/MMBtu and Cove Point with $7.13/MMBtu.
Prices at other facilities ranged between $3.60/MMBtu (Elba Island) to $6.81/MMBtu (Corpus Christi LNG), the data shows.
7863 cargoes
The report said that from February 2016 through June 2025, the US exported 7863 cargoes or 24,873.6 Bcf to 44 countries.
The DOE data shows that South Korea remains the top destination for US LNG, with 701 cargoes, followed by France with 657 cargoes, the Netherlands with 620 cargoes, Japan with 586 cargoes, and the UK with 568 cargoes.
In addition to these five countries, Spain, China, Turkiye, India, and Italy are in the top ten.