Energy Information Administration
 
Table Posted: June 1, 2011
Next Update: June 29, 2012
 
World LNG Imports by Origin, 2009
(Billion Cubic Feet)
  ORIGIN
  United States Trinidad and Tobago Belgium Norway Russia Algeria Egypt Equatorial Guinea Libya Nigeria Oman Qatar United Arab Emirates Yemen Australia Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Other Total Imports         
IMPORTERS
North America 0.08 266.57 0.00 32.51 0.00 0.00 178.80 0.00 0.00 105.94 0.00 21.48 0.00 2.83 0.00 0.00 2.83 0.00 0.00 611.03
United States -- 236.20 0.00 29.33 0.00 0.00 160.44 0.00 0.00 13.31 0.00 12.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 451.96
Mexico1 0.08 2.97 0.00 3.18 0.00 0.00 15.54 0.00 0.00 92.63 0.00 4.56 0.00 2.83 0.00 0.00 2.83 0.00 0.00 124.60
Canada 0.00 27.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 34.47
 
Central & South America 0.00 91.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.65 11.65 0.00 2.61 0.00 5.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 117.03
Argentina 0.00 28.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.90
Puerto Rico 0.00 26.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.56
Dominican Republic 0.00 20.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.24
Brazil 0.00 10.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.21
Chile 0.00 5.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.93 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 23.13
 
Europe 0.00 266.20 -8.48 79.46 0.00 756.02 242.08 6.00 25.39 338.92 50.39 639.63 2.90 3.18 2.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,404.32
Belgium 0.00 5.65 -11.30 6.00 0.00 0.00 3.18 0.00 0.00 2.83 0.00 212.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 219.31
France 0.00 25.43 0.00 15.54 0.00 271.22 57.56 2.83 0.00 82.99 0.00 6.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 461.57
Greece 0.00 1.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.55 6.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.17
Italy 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.32 2.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 104.89
Luexmbourg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.54
Portugal 0.00 14.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.88 0.00 3.18 0.00 74.55 0.00 0.00 2.90 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 98.99
Spain 0.00 149.03 2.83 48.73 0.00 184.87 150.90 0.00 25.39 146.66 47.57 151.32 0.00 3.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 910.49
Turkey 0.00 2.83 0.00 0.00 0.00 158.46 2.83 0.00 0.00 31.89 2.83 11.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 210.12
United Kingdom 0.00 67.17 0.00 9.18 0.00 62.72 18.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 197.76 0.00 0.00 2.61 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 358.24
 
Middle East 0.00 8.37 2.83 0.00 14.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 34.68
Kuwait 0.00 8.37 2.83 0.00 14.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 34.68
 
Asia & Oceania 33.27 58.20 2.83 0.00 218.95 11.30 91.18 148.78 0.00 69.43 340.05 1,063.65 257.52 8.83 899.68 317.98 935.49 1,064.22 0.00 5,521.36
China 0.00 2.83 2.83 0.00 8.83 0.00 2.90 28.96 0.00 3.00 3.18 19.42 0.00 0.00 168.45 0.00 25.96 31.43 0.00 297.78
India 0.00 24.01 0.00 0.00 23.66 5.58 11.65 8.83 0.00 11.19 12.18 280.82 5.76 0.00 39.13 0.00 2.83 8.97 0.00 434.62
Japan 30.54 8.05 0.00 0.00 130.31 2.97 8.48 66.53 0.00 11.55 137.69 396.09 251.76 0.00 615.86 296.08 630.16 621.51 0.00 3,207.58
South Korea 2.74 20.20 0.00 0.00 47.68 2.75 65.58 20.38 0.00 10.91 181.17 309.25 0.00 8.83 55.48 21.90 141.86 271.78 0.00 1,160.50
Taiwan 0.00 3.11 0.00 0.00 8.48 0.00 2.58 24.08 0.00 32.77 5.83 58.06 0.00 0.00 20.77 0.00 134.69 130.52 0.00 420.88
 
Apparent Exports 33.36 690.53 -2.83 111.96 233.43 767.32 517.72 166.44 25.39 516.90 393.44 1,730.69 260.41 14.83 905.30 317.98 938.32 1,067.22 0.00 8,688.42
1 Imports to Mexico from the United States are delivered by truck.  
- - = Not applicable.
Note: For CEDIGAZ data, trade flows are on a contractual basis and may not correspond to actual physical gas flows in all cases.
Sources: Imports to the United States and imports to Japan and Mexico from the United States: Energy Information Administration, 
Natural Gas Navigator (March 2011).  All Imports to Beligum and France; imports to Turkey from Trinidad and Tobago; imports to Spain and China from Belgium;
imports to Mexico, Greece, Spain and United Kingdom from Norway; imports to China, India, Japan, S. Korea, and Taiwan from Russia;  
imports to Portugal from Algeria; imports to Greece, Italy, Turkey and Japan from Egypt; imports to Chile and Portugal from Equatorial Guinea; 
imports to Turkey from Oman, imports to Turkey from Qatar; imports to Mexico, Spain, and S. Korea from Yemen; imports to Mexico from Indonesia:    
CEDIGAZ (Centre d'Information sur le Gaz Naturel et tous Hydrocarbures Gazeux) Natural Gas In the World 2010 Edition, December 2010.   All Other Data: International Energy Agency,
Natural Gas Information, 2010
Contact: Karen. Griffin @eia.doe.gov