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Where does China get its pipeline natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $21.2 billion of pipeline natural gas (42.1 million tonnes), 12.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Turkmenistan (45%), Russia (38%) and Kazakhstan (6%). China was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$21.2billion
Tonnes
42.1million tonnes
Share of world total
12.5%
World rank
3rd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 7 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Turkmenistan9.6Tonnes: 18,974,532USD per tonne: $50545.2%Sea
Russia8Tonnes: 15,935,175USD per tonne: $50538%Land
Kazakhstan1.3Tonnes: 2,512,043USD per tonne: $5316.3%Land
Myanmar1.3Tonnes: 2,778,071USD per tonne: $4515.9%Land
Uzbekistan0.73Tonnes: 1,439,444USD per tonne: $5053.4%Sea
Mozambique0.26Tonnes: 476,477USD per tonne: $5441.2%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 373USD per tonne: $4800%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Turkmenistan has been its main source since 2010

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

  • Turkmenistan 9.6
  • Russia 8
  • Kazakhstan 1.3
  • Myanmar 1.3
  • Uzbekistan 0.73

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Turkmenistan09.6
Russia08
Kazakhstan01.3
Myanmar01.3
Uzbekistan00.73

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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