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

In 2024, Qatar exported $38.1 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (65.1 million tonnes), 17.4% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (28%), South Korea (17%) and India (17%). Qatar was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$38.1billion
Tonnes
65.1million tonnes
Share of world total
17.4%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 17 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China10.6Tonnes: 18,336,689USD per tonne: $57827.8%Sea
South Korea6.6Tonnes: 8,881,238USD per tonne: $74517.4%Sea
India6.4Tonnes: 11,304,400USD per tonne: $56716.8%Sea
Pakistan3.5Tonnes: 6,656,313USD per tonne: $5289.2%Sea
Taiwan2.5Tonnes: 4,311,438USD per tonne: $5896.7%Sea
Italy2.3Tonnes: 4,752,920USD per tonne: $4786%Sea
Japan1.9Tonnes: 2,874,735USD per tonne: $6524.9%Sea
Thailand1.5Tonnes: 2,202,576USD per tonne: $6783.9%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.99Tonnes: 1,884,080USD per tonne: $5232.6%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.87Tonnes: 1,685,270USD per tonne: $5142.3%Sea
Spain0.25Tonnes: 635,447USD per tonne: $3980.66%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.22Tonnes: 442,350USD per tonne: $4980.58%Sea
Brazil0.21Tonnes: 306,939USD per tonne: $6720.54%Sea
France0.14Tonnes: 260,438USD per tonne: $5280.36%Sea
United Kingdom0.13Tonnes: 581,003USD per tonne: $2280.35%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 1,736USD per tonne: $8780%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina< 0.01Tonnes: 144USD per tonne: $9150%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • China 10.6
  • South Korea 6.6
  • India 6.4
  • Pakistan 3.5
  • Taiwan 2.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China010.6
South Korea06.6
India06.4
Pakistan03.5
Taiwan02.5

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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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