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Where does the United Kingdom get its liquefied natural gas (LNG)? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $4.1 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (5.6 million tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. The United States sold 72% of the total, followed by Trinidad and Tobago (7%) and Algeria (5%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 12th-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$4.1billion
Tonnes
5.6million tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
12th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 19 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States3Tonnes: 3,146,493USD per tonne: $94671.8%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.3Tonnes: 474,837USD per tonne: $6347.3%Sea
Algeria0.21Tonnes: 363,120USD per tonne: $5695%Sea
Qatar0.13Tonnes: 581,003USD per tonne: $2283.2%Sea
Angola0.12Tonnes: 207,110USD per tonne: $5742.9%Sea
Peru0.12Tonnes: 214,817USD per tonne: $5482.8%Sea
Norway0.08Tonnes: 205,326USD per tonne: $3681.8%Sea
Egypt0.07Tonnes: 134,077USD per tonne: $5331.7%Sea
Nigeria0.06Tonnes: 128,772USD per tonne: $4551.4%Sea
Equatorial Guinea0.04Tonnes: 69,186USD per tonne: $6481.1%Sea
Italy0.03Tonnes: 59,066USD per tonne: $5640.8%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 9,198USD per tonne: $6110.14%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 4,992USD per tonne: $7430.09%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 82USD per tonne: $2,0290%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $7240%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $7770%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $2,7340%Land
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $27,0200%Sea
Albania< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $52,3700%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2022

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

  • United States 3
  • Trinidad and Tobago 0.3
  • Algeria 0.21
  • Qatar 0.13
  • Angola 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States03
Trinidad and Tobago00.3
Algeria00.21
Qatar00.13
Angola00.12

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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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