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Who buys China’s natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $2.5 billion of natural gas (4.4 million tonnes), 0.7% of the world total. Hong Kong bought 74% of the total, followed by South Korea (6%) and Malta (5%). China was the world’s 24th-largest exporter of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
4.4million tonnes
Share of world total
0.7%
World rank
24th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Hong Kong re-exports1.9Tonnes: 3,467,944USD per tonne: $54274.3%Land
South Korea0.16Tonnes: 226,611USD per tonne: $7236.5%Sea
Malta0.12Tonnes: 173,228USD per tonne: $6924.7%Sea
Japan0.09Tonnes: 123,569USD per tonne: $7593.7%Sea
Thailand0.09Tonnes: 119,485USD per tonne: $7123.4%Sea
Macao0.07Tonnes: 122,969USD per tonne: $5962.9%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 54,197USD per tonne: $6821.5%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.03Tonnes: 43,789USD per tonne: $6141.1%Sea
Liberia0.02Tonnes: 29,551USD per tonne: $6970.81%Sea
Bangladesh0.01Tonnes: 18,707USD per tonne: $7110.53%Sea
Cambodia0.01Tonnes: 10,482USD per tonne: $6940.29%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 6,321USD per tonne: $6340.16%Sea
Norway< 0.01Tonnes: 1,634USD per tonne: $8840.06%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 3,185USD per tonne: $4100.05%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 2,343USD per tonne: $4440.04%Sea
Marshall Islands< 0.01Tonnes: 993USD per tonne: $7400.03%Sea
Saudi Arabia< 0.01Tonnes: 218USD per tonne: $1,1820.01%Sea
Gambia< 0.01Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $4,1210%Sea
Kuwait< 0.01Tonnes: 19USD per tonne: $2,4290%Sea
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 87USD per tonne: $3280%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Hong Kong was its main destination throughout the period

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

  • Hong Kong 1.9
  • South Korea 0.16
  • Malta 0.12
  • Japan 0.09
  • Thailand 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Hong Kong< 0.011.9
South Korea00.16
Malta00.12
Japan00.09
Thailand00.09

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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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