Singapore reported on April 26 that in March this year, China imported 6.94 million tons of natural gas, an increase of 16.7% over the same period last year, because LNG imports play an increasingly important role in China’s energy structure.
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According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday, 4.06 million tons of liquefied natural gas and 2.88 million tons of pipeline natural gas were imported that month, up 25.2% and 6.5% respectively from the same period last year. From January to March, China imported 24.27 million tons of natural gas, an increase of 17.8% over the same period last year. Customs data show that the import of liquefied natural gas increased by 21% to 14.95 million tons in the same period, while the import of pipeline natural gas increased by 13.2% to 9.32 million tons in the same period.
In March this year, Australia surpassed Turkmenistan to become China’s largest natural gas supplier, transporting about 2042,000 tons of liquefied natural gas to China by boat, an increase of 13% annually.
Turkmenistan was the second largest supplier of natural gas this month, exporting about 20.37 million tons of natural gas to China through pipelines, down 10% from a year earlier.
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Customs data show that imports of liquefied natural gas from Qatar fell 39% annually to 4323.23 million tons, the second consecutive month of this year, much lower than the 1.12 million tons in January.
Customs data show that imports in March fell by 8.3% compared with 7.56 million tons in February, imports of liquefied natural gas by 6.8% and pipeline natural gas by 10.3%, the second consecutive decline since this year. Market sources said that the year-on-year decline in imports in March was mainly due to the end of winter heating in mid-March, the reduction of natural gas consumption in the warm season and the weakening of household demand.
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