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Where does the United Kingdom get its pipeline natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $12.5 billion of pipeline natural gas (23.9 million tonnes), 7.3% of the world total. Norway sold 100% of the total, followed by Belgium (0.4%) and the Netherlands (0.1%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 5th-largest importer of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$12.5billion
Tonnes
23.9million tonnes
Share of world total
7.3%
World rank
5th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 6 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Norway12.4Tonnes: 23,819,730USD per tonne: $52199.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.04Tonnes: 65,358USD per tonne: $6690.35%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 30,935USD per tonne: $4570.11%Sea
Ireland< 0.01Tonnes: 488USD per tonne: $3900%Land
Greece< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Hungary< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,0150%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Norway has been its main source since 2003

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

  • Norway 12.4
  • Belgium 0.04
  • Netherlands 0.01
  • Ireland < 0.01
  • Greece 0

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Norway0.1712.4
Belgium00.04
Netherlands00.01
Ireland0< 0.01
Greece00

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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