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Who buys the United States’ liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane)? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $38.3 billion of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) (67 million tonnes), 44.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (30%), South Korea (11%) and Japan (10%). The United States was the world’s largest exporter of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane).

Summary

Value
$38.3billion
Tonnes
67million tonnes
Share of world total
44.5%
World rank
1st
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
China11.6Tonnes: 18,007,755USD per tonne: $64430.3%Sea
South Korea4.4Tonnes: 7,175,693USD per tonne: $61211.5%Sea
Japan3.9Tonnes: 6,165,322USD per tonne: $63810.3%Sea
Mexico2.4Tonnes: 9,334,289USD per tonne: $2526.2%Land
Indonesia2Tonnes: 3,936,340USD per tonne: $4975.1%Sea
Egypt1.4Tonnes: 1,486,429USD per tonne: $7083.7%Sea
Morocco1.4Tonnes: 2,464,727USD per tonne: $5633.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.4Tonnes: 2,425,721USD per tonne: $5683.6%Sea
Ecuador0.78Tonnes: 1,357,064USD per tonne: $5722%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.68Tonnes: 1,260,540USD per tonne: $5391.8%Sea
France0.67Tonnes: 1,180,360USD per tonne: $5631.7%Sea
Brazil0.58Tonnes: 1,113,425USD per tonne: $5221.5%Sea
Chile0.57Tonnes: 1,073,113USD per tonne: $5341.5%Sea
Spain0.54Tonnes: 993,992USD per tonne: $5451.4%Sea
Dominican Republic0.48Tonnes: 912,678USD per tonne: $5241.3%Sea
Guatemala0.47Tonnes: 713,136USD per tonne: $6651.2%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire0.39Tonnes: 586,919USD per tonne: $6601%Sea
Taiwan0.38Tonnes: 589,460USD per tonne: $6521%Sea
South Africa0.35Tonnes: 505,788USD per tonne: $6930.91%Sea
Peru0.29Tonnes: 163,246USD per tonne: $6020.76%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • China 11.6
  • South Korea 4.4
  • Japan 3.9
  • Mexico 2.4
  • Indonesia 2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.0111.6
South Korea0.014.4
Japan< 0.013.9
Mexico0.062.4
Indonesia< 0.012

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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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