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Where does the United States get its liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane)? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $2.6 billion of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) (4 million tonnes), 3% of the world total. Canada sold 92% of the total, followed by Equatorial Guinea (5%) and Angola (1%). The United States was the world’s 6th-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane).

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
4million tonnes
Share of world total
3%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada2.4Tonnes: 3,635,493USD per tonne: $65291.6%Land
Equatorial Guinea0.12Tonnes: 192,110USD per tonne: $6434.8%Sea
Angola0.03Tonnes: 47,007USD per tonne: $6141.1%Sea
South Korea0.02Tonnes: 26,948USD per tonne: $7330.76%Sea
Nigeria0.01Tonnes: 17,559USD per tonne: $6430.44%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 11,418USD per tonne: $9000.4%Sea
Chile0.01Tonnes: 23,540USD per tonne: $4360.4%Sea
Algeria0.01Tonnes: 9,605USD per tonne: $6430.24%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 4,928USD per tonne: $6240.12%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago< 0.01Tonnes: 4,122USD per tonne: $7320.12%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,720USD per tonne: $5130.03%Sea
Dominican Republic< 0.01Tonnes: 1,016USD per tonne: $6430.03%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 151USD per tonne: $2,5410.01%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 204USD per tonne: $7080.01%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 113USD per tonne: $9410%Sea
Philippines< 0.01Tonnes: 100USD per tonne: $7080%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 57USD per tonne: $6980%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $60,4430%Air
France< 0.01Tonnes: 67USD per tonne: $5710%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $9230%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Canada 2.4
  • Equatorial Guinea 0.12
  • Angola 0.03
  • South Korea 0.02
  • Nigeria 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.642.4
Equatorial Guinea00.12
Angola00.03
South Korea< 0.010.02
Nigeria00.01

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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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