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

In 2024, the United States imported $7.1 billion of natural gas (13.9 million tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Canada sold 86% of the total, followed by Nigeria (6%) and Trinidad and Tobago (5%). The United States was the world’s 14th-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$7.1billion
Tonnes
13.9million tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
14th
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
Canada6.1Tonnes: 12,235,532USD per tonne: $49986.2%Land
Nigeria0.39Tonnes: 740,319USD per tonne: $5295.5%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.37Tonnes: 566,984USD per tonne: $6465.2%Sea
Norway0.1Tonnes: 176,564USD per tonne: $5421.4%Sea
Angola0.04Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.62%Sea
Egypt0.03Tonnes: 57,242USD per tonne: $5970.48%Sea
Spain0.03Tonnes: 58,029USD per tonne: $5130.42%Sea
South Korea0.01Tonnes: 12,308USD per tonne: $6930.12%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 3,446USD per tonne: $7070.03%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 3,170USD per tonne: $5050.02%Land
China< 0.01Tonnes: 2,343USD per tonne: $4440.01%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 2,095USD per tonne: $2410.01%Sea
Suriname< 0.01Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $5280%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Brazil< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $122,2220%Air
Guyana< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1950%Sea
Dominican Republic< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,7270%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,2310%Sea
Peru< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1410%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 6.1
  • Nigeria 0.39
  • Trinidad and Tobago 0.37
  • Norway 0.1
  • Angola 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada3.56.1
Nigeria00.39
Trinidad and Tobago00.37
Norway00.1
Angola00.04

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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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