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Where does Belgium get its liquefied natural gas (LNG)? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $2.9 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (5.8 million tonnes), 1.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Russia (40%), Qatar (34%) and the United States (16%). Belgium was the world’s 15th-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$2.9billion
Tonnes
5.8million tonnes
Share of world total
1.3%
World rank
15th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 13 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Russia1.2Tonnes: 2,420,800USD per tonne: $47640.3%Sea
Qatar0.99Tonnes: 1,884,080USD per tonne: $52334.4%Sea
United States0.46Tonnes: 997,286USD per tonne: $46616.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.16Tonnes: 256,620USD per tonne: $6205.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.04Tonnes: 57,344USD per tonne: $6241.3%Land
Nigeria0.02Tonnes: 63,655USD per tonne: $3700.82%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.02Tonnes: 34,874USD per tonne: $5820.71%Sea
Egypt0.02Tonnes: 32,548USD per tonne: $4730.54%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 15,070USD per tonne: $1460.08%Land
Lithuania< 0.01Tonnes: 4,034USD per tonne: $4500.06%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 1,023USD per tonne: $5980.02%Land
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $2,9640%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 460USD per tonne: $60%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Russia has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Russia 1.2
  • Qatar 0.99
  • United States 0.46
  • United Kingdom 0.16
  • Netherlands 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Russia01.2
Qatar00.99
United States00.46
United Kingdom< 0.010.16
Netherlands00.04

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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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