9 December 2023
LNG DATA: Japan loses top importer spot to China in 2021, Australia leads supply
Publication date: 03 March 2022
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LNG trading continued to grow in the last quarter of 2021, as supply increased by 5.4 mt (6%) year on year, taking the annual total to 373.85 mt – up by 18.13 mt (5.1%) compared with 2020. It was a year in which Japan, after nearly 50 years as the largest LNG market, was deposed from the top importer spot by China, while Australia was by far the largest exporter...