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Who buys Indonesia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Indonesia exported $6.7 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (12 million tonnes), 3.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (32%), Japan (27%) and South Korea (23%). Indonesia was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$6.7billion
Tonnes
12million tonnes
Share of world total
3.1%
World rank
7th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 13 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.1Tonnes: 3,486,795USD per tonne: $61331.7%Sea
Japan1.8Tonnes: 3,134,988USD per tonne: $58327.1%Sea
South Korea1.5Tonnes: 3,026,895USD per tonne: $50722.8%Sea
Taiwan0.55Tonnes: 932,467USD per tonne: $5888.1%Sea
Thailand0.34Tonnes: 652,219USD per tonne: $5255.1%Sea
Vietnam0.1Tonnes: 131,173USD per tonne: $7571.5%Sea
Philippines0.08Tonnes: 133,677USD per tonne: $5841.2%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.06Tonnes: 95,730USD per tonne: $6620.94%Sea
Malaysia0.03Tonnes: 56,432USD per tonne: $5850.49%Land
Pakistan0.03Tonnes: 60,707USD per tonne: $4680.42%Sea
India0.03Tonnes: 62,870USD per tonne: $4340.4%Sea
Mexico0.02Tonnes: 191,373USD per tonne: $1200.34%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 5,438USD per tonne: $5130.04%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • China 2.1
  • Japan 1.8
  • South Korea 1.5
  • Taiwan 0.55
  • Thailand 0.34

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.1
Japan3.11.8
South Korea0.931.5
Taiwan0.290.55
Thailand00.34

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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