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Who buys China’s pipeline natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $1.9 billion of pipeline natural gas (3.5 million tonnes), 1.1% of the world total. Hong Kong bought 96% of the total, followed by Macao (4%) and Saudi Arabia (0%). China was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
3.5million tonnes
Share of world total
1.1%
World rank
13th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 15 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Hong Kong re-exports1.8Tonnes: 3,419,527USD per tonne: $54196.2%Land
Macao0.07Tonnes: 122,969USD per tonne: $5963.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia< 0.01Tonnes: 95USD per tonne: $7620%Sea
Kuwait< 0.01Tonnes: 19USD per tonne: $2,4290%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $75,2910%Air
Mauritius< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $4,2850%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Nigeria< 0.01Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $2970%Sea
Niger< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $2340%Sea
Chile< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Zambia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4,8290%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $5050%Sea
Cabo Verde< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,0000%Sea
Malawi< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5100%Sea
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $17,0000%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 1.8
  • Macao 0.07
  • Saudi Arabia < 0.01
  • Kuwait < 0.01
  • Thailand < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Hong Kong< 0.011.8
Macao00.07
Saudi Arabia0< 0.01
Kuwait0< 0.01
Thailand0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

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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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