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Who buys Qatar’s liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Qatar exported $6.4 billion of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) (9.9 million tonnes), 7.4% of the world total. India bought 55% of the total, followed by China (26%) and Thailand (8%). Qatar was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane).

Summary

Value
$6.4billion
Tonnes
9.9million tonnes
Share of world total
7.4%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 9 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India3.6Tonnes: 5,494,931USD per tonne: $64655.4%Sea
China1.6Tonnes: 2,511,042USD per tonne: $65525.7%Sea
Thailand0.54Tonnes: 786,383USD per tonne: $6858.4%Sea
Indonesia0.4Tonnes: 740,348USD per tonne: $5456.3%Sea
Philippines0.12Tonnes: 172,080USD per tonne: $6941.9%Sea
Japan0.06Tonnes: 91,421USD per tonne: $6260.89%Sea
Malaysia0.05Tonnes: 80,917USD per tonne: $6210.78%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 43,936USD per tonne: $6740.46%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 24,747USD per tonne: $5990.23%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2013

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

  • India 3.6
  • China 1.6
  • Thailand 0.54
  • Indonesia 0.4
  • Philippines 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India03.6
China01.6
Thailand00.54
Indonesia00.4
Philippines00.12

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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