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

In 2024, Russia exported $17.8 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (31.2 million tonnes), 8.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (28%), Japan (20%) and France (19%). Russia was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$17.8billion
Tonnes
31.2million tonnes
Share of world total
8.1%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 19 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China5Tonnes: 8,283,579USD per tonne: $60228%Land
Japan3.6Tonnes: 5,683,618USD per tonne: $63720.3%Sea
France3.3Tonnes: 6,341,798USD per tonne: $52818.8%Sea
Spain2.1Tonnes: 4,045,806USD per tonne: $52111.8%Sea
South Korea1.2Tonnes: 2,115,949USD per tonne: $5877%Sea
Belgium re-exports1.2Tonnes: 2,420,800USD per tonne: $4766.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.8Tonnes: 1,245,540USD per tonne: $6444.5%Sea
Taiwan0.21Tonnes: 364,283USD per tonne: $5891.2%Sea
Portugal0.11Tonnes: 216,826USD per tonne: $4960.6%Sea
Greece0.08Tonnes: 187,379USD per tonne: $4520.47%Sea
Finland0.05Tonnes: 105,522USD per tonne: $4400.26%Land
Italy0.05Tonnes: 65,162USD per tonne: $7050.26%Sea
India0.04Tonnes: 68,934USD per tonne: $6410.25%Sea
Sweden0.02Tonnes: 44,803USD per tonne: $4210.11%Sea
Norway0.01Tonnes: 13,689USD per tonne: $4600.04%Land
Lithuania< 0.01Tonnes: 7,923USD per tonne: $3860.02%Land
Estonia< 0.01Tonnes: 5,008USD per tonne: $4290.01%Land
Kazakhstan< 0.01Tonnes: 1,021USD per tonne: $2800%Land
Georgia< 0.01Tonnes: 213USD per tonne: $3970%Land

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2021

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

  • China 5
  • Japan 3.6
  • France 3.3
  • Spain 2.1
  • South Korea 1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China05
Japan03.6
France03.3
Spain02.1
South Korea01.2

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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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