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Who buys the United States’ natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $49.4 billion of natural gas (88.3 million tonnes), 12.7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (11%), Mexico (9%) and France (8%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$49.4billion
Tonnes
88.3million tonnes
Share of world total
12.7%
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: $66111.2%Sea
Mexico4.6Tonnes: 9,592,226USD per tonne: $4839.4%Land
France3.7Tonnes: 6,893,395USD per tonne: $5427.6%Sea
Japan3.5Tonnes: 6,197,770USD per tonne: $5637.1%Sea
South Korea3Tonnes: 5,503,059USD per tonne: $5496.1%Sea
United Kingdom3Tonnes: 3,146,493USD per tonne: $9466%Sea
India2.4Tonnes: 4,722,809USD per tonne: $5154.9%Sea
China2.2Tonnes: 3,727,173USD per tonne: $5874.4%Sea
Germany1.9Tonnes: 3,204,985USD per tonne: $5973.9%Sea
Italy1.8Tonnes: 3,496,157USD per tonne: $5133.6%Sea
Brazil1.7Tonnes: 2,424,418USD per tonne: $7033.5%Sea
Spain1.5Tonnes: 3,154,465USD per tonne: $4703%Sea
Egypt1.4Tonnes: 2,188,239USD per tonne: $6562.9%Sea
Turkey1.4Tonnes: 2,358,772USD per tonne: $5972.9%Sea
Canada1.4Tonnes: 2,773,636USD per tonne: $5002.8%Land
Thailand1.1Tonnes: 1,933,521USD per tonne: $5722.2%Sea
Greece1Tonnes: 1,185,215USD per tonne: $8452%Sea
Poland0.89Tonnes: 1,492,386USD per tonne: $5971.8%Sea
Taiwan0.82Tonnes: 1,380,153USD per tonne: $5911.7%Sea
Colombia0.77Tonnes: 1,372,867USD per tonne: $5571.6%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
  • Mexico 4.6
  • France 3.7
  • Japan 3.5
  • South Korea 3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands05.5
Mexico0.14.6
France< 0.013.7
Japan0.213.5
South Korea< 0.013

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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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