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

In 2024, Malaysia imported $2.2 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (3.2 million tonnes), 1% of the world total. Australia sold 84% of the total, followed by the United States (9%) and Mozambique (4%). Malaysia was the world’s 18th-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
3.2million tonnes
Share of world total
1%
World rank
18th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 6 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia1.8Tonnes: 2,589,140USD per tonne: $70183.7%Sea
United States0.19Tonnes: 301,456USD per tonne: $6408.9%Sea
Mozambique0.09Tonnes: 148,891USD per tonne: $5844%Sea
Papua New Guinea0.04Tonnes: 71,560USD per tonne: $5461.8%Sea
Indonesia0.03Tonnes: 56,432USD per tonne: $5851.5%Land
China< 0.01Tonnes: 3,185USD per tonne: $4100.06%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2014

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

  • Australia 1.8
  • United States 0.19
  • Mozambique 0.09
  • Papua New Guinea 0.04
  • Indonesia 0.03

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia01.8
United States< 0.010.19
Mozambique00.09
Papua New Guinea00.04
Indonesia00.03

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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