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Who buys the United States’ liquefied natural gas (LNG)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $43.1 billion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (74.7 million tonnes), 19.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (13%), France (9%) and Japan (8%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Summary

Value
$43.1billion
Tonnes
74.7million tonnes
Share of world total
19.7%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports5.5Tonnes: 8,369,965USD per tonne: $66112.8%Sea
France3.7Tonnes: 6,893,395USD per tonne: $5428.7%Sea
Japan3.5Tonnes: 6,197,764USD per tonne: $5638.1%Sea
South Korea3Tonnes: 5,503,058USD per tonne: $5497%Sea
United Kingdom3Tonnes: 3,146,493USD per tonne: $9466.9%Sea
India2.4Tonnes: 4,722,809USD per tonne: $5155.6%Sea
China2.2Tonnes: 3,727,173USD per tonne: $5875.1%Sea
Germany1.9Tonnes: 3,204,917USD per tonne: $5974.4%Sea
Italy1.8Tonnes: 3,496,157USD per tonne: $5134.2%Sea
Brazil1.7Tonnes: 2,424,418USD per tonne: $7034%Sea
Spain1.5Tonnes: 3,154,465USD per tonne: $4703.4%Sea
Egypt1.4Tonnes: 2,188,173USD per tonne: $6563.3%Sea
Turkey1.4Tonnes: 2,358,772USD per tonne: $5973.3%Sea
Thailand1.1Tonnes: 1,933,490USD per tonne: $5722.6%Sea
Greece1Tonnes: 1,185,215USD per tonne: $8452.3%Sea
Poland0.89Tonnes: 1,492,366USD per tonne: $5972.1%Sea
Taiwan0.82Tonnes: 1,380,139USD per tonne: $5911.9%Sea
Colombia0.77Tonnes: 1,372,866USD per tonne: $5571.8%Sea
Croatia0.61Tonnes: 1,061,868USD per tonne: $5771.4%Sea
Argentina0.59Tonnes: 1,002,272USD per tonne: $5861.4%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Netherlands 5.5
  • France 3.7
  • Japan 3.5
  • South Korea 3
  • United Kingdom 3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands05.5
France< 0.013.7
Japan0.213.5
South Korea< 0.013
United Kingdom03

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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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