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The data from the General Administration of Customs shows that natural gas imports reached 9.77 million tonnes in October.
This compares to 10.54 million tonnes in October 2024 and 11.04 million tonnes in September 2025.
China’s gas imports reached 102.60 million tonnes in January-October, down 6.2 percent compared to the same period in 2024.
The country paid approximately $45-9 billion for these imports, down 15.1 percent year-on-year.
The customs data previously showed that China’s natural gas imports rose by 9.9 percent to 131.69 million tonnes in 2024, while LNG imports increased by 7.7 percent to 76.65 million tonnes last year.
Official data for only LNG imports in October this year has not yet been released.
During January-September this year, China imported 47.44 million tonnes of LNG, a decrease of 16.7 percent compared to the same period last year.
It is worth mentioning here that Japan overtook China in the first ten months of this year as the world’s biggest LNG importer.
Japan imported about 0.47 million tonnes more than China during the period.
