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Who buys the United Kingdom’s pipeline natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $5 billion of pipeline natural gas (7.9 million tonnes), 3% of the world total. Its main destinations were Ireland (35%), Belgium (35%) and the Netherlands (30%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 10th-largest exporter of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$5billion
Tonnes
7.9million tonnes
Share of world total
3%
World rank
10th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 12 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Ireland1.8Tonnes: 3,269,884USD per tonne: $53635%Land
Belgium re-exports1.7Tonnes: 2,290,771USD per tonne: $75934.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.5Tonnes: 2,290,809USD per tonne: $66330.3%Sea
Moldova< 0.01Tonnes: 6,667USD per tonne: $5850.08%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $39,1670%Sea
Guyana< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $103,7810%Air
Uganda< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $19,4900%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Bolivia< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $5050%Sea
Kazakhstan< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5040%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Ireland has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Ireland 1.8
  • Belgium 1.7
  • Netherlands 1.5
  • Moldova < 0.01
  • Brazil < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Ireland0.011.8
Belgium01.7
Netherlands0.061.5
Moldova0< 0.01
Brazil0< 0.01

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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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