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Who buys Australia’s liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Australia exported $1.6 billion of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) (2.6 million tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were Japan (42%), China (25%) and Taiwan (9%). Australia was the world’s 10th-largest exporter of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane).

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
2.6million tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
10th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan651Tonnes: 1,066,655USD per tonne: $61041.8%Sea
China394Tonnes: 710,342USD per tonne: $55525.3%Sea
Taiwan137Tonnes: 178,081USD per tonne: $7678.8%Sea
Singapore re-exports88.5Tonnes: 144,467USD per tonne: $6125.7%Sea
South Korea55.8Tonnes: 101,761USD per tonne: $5483.6%Sea
Indonesia55.1Tonnes: 91,639USD per tonne: $6013.5%Sea
New Zealand45.4Tonnes: 112,832USD per tonne: $4022.9%Sea
Vietnam33.9Tonnes: 59,869USD per tonne: $5662.2%Sea
Fiji17.4Tonnes: 24,215USD per tonne: $7201.1%Sea
Philippines16.2Tonnes: 23,050USD per tonne: $7031%Sea
French Polynesia8.9Tonnes: 14,809USD per tonne: $6010.57%Sea
Kenya8.7Tonnes: 19,319USD per tonne: $4520.56%Sea
New Caledonia8.6Tonnes: 14,176USD per tonne: $6090.55%Sea
Malaysia8.3Tonnes: 15,747USD per tonne: $5300.54%Sea
India8.1Tonnes: 11,778USD per tonne: $6880.52%Sea
Vanuatu7.8Tonnes: 11,800USD per tonne: $6600.5%Sea
Mauritius3.3Tonnes: 7,000USD per tonne: $4780.21%Sea
Samoa2.8Tonnes: 13,645USD per tonne: $2030.18%Sea
Papua New Guinea2.2Tonnes: 3,009USD per tonne: $7170.14%Sea
Maldives2.1Tonnes: 4,452USD per tonne: $4750.14%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Japan has been its main destination since 2022

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Japan 0.65
  • China 0.39
  • Taiwan 0.14
  • Singapore 0.09
  • South Korea 0.06

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan0.110.65
China00.39
Taiwan00.14
Singapore< 0.010.09
South Korea< 0.010.06

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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