AsiaLNG Terminals

China’s LNG imports rise in April

By LNG Prime Staff
China’s LNG imports rise in April
Sinopec's Qingdao LNG terminal (Image: Sinopec)

China, the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas, continued to boost its LNG imports and they rose by 33.6 percent year-on-year in April.

The country imported 6.73 million tonnes of LNG last month, data from the General Administration of Customs showed. Imports also increased when compared to March when China received 5.64 million tonnes of LNG.

In the January-April period, China imported 26.20 million tonnes of chilled fuel.

This marked a year-on-year rise of 29.6 percent when compared to the same period in 2020.

In addition, China’s pipeline gas imports also increased by 30.1 percent to 3.42 million tonnes.

These imports rose by 10.2 percent in the January-April period reaching 13.26 million tonnes.

China’s LNG imports hit an all-time high last year rising 11.5 percent when compared to the year before.

The world’s top energy consumer imported 67.13 million tonnes in 2020, cementing its position as the second-largest LNG importer, after Japan.

Most Popular

Contracts and Tenders

ConocoPhillips books Dunkirk LNG capacity

US energy giant ConocoPhillips has booked regasification capacity at France's Dunkirk LNG facility, and it also signed an Asian LNG sales and purchase deal.
LNG Terminals

Argentina’s Southern Energy takes FID on second FLNG

Argentina's Southern Energy takes FID on second FLNG
Corporate

Aramco eyes large LNG portfolio

Aramco's long-term ambition is to have a portfolio of 20 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG capacity, according to Aramco’s CEO, Amin Nasser.

More News Like This

LNG Terminals

China’s gas imports down in July

China's natural gas imports, including pipeline gas and LNG, dropped by 2.1 percent last month compared to July 2024, according to customs data.
LNG Terminals

Yangzijiang wraps up roof raising on two LNG storage tanks

Chinese private shipyard Yangzijiang Shipbuilding has completed raising the roofs on two LNG storage tanks at its Yangzi Jiasheng terminal.
LNG Terminals

IEA: global LNG trade up 4 percent in H1

Global LNG trade growth accelerated to 4 percent (12 bcm) in the first half of 2025, with exporters adding about 60 percent more LNG supply to the market than was added in the whole of 2024, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency.
LNG Terminals

China’s LNG imports down 4.5 percent in June

China reported a 4.5 percent drop in its LNG imports in June, while its pipeline gas imports increased by 9.1 percent compared to the same month last year.

2025. © All rights reserved. LNG Prime LLC. 447 Broadway, New York, NY 10013, USA