Chinese gas imports down 9% in May
China’s natural gas imports via pipeline and in the form of LNG in the first five months of 2022 were down 9.3% year/year, the country’s customs department said on June 9.
Asia's biggest economy imported 44.91mn metric tons of natural gas during the January-May period compared with 49.51mn mt in the same period of last year. The cost of imports during January-May jumped 57.5% year/year to $26.9bn. The natural gas imports in May came in at 9.07mn mt, the customs department said.
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China’s natural gas imports in 2021 were 121.36mn mt, up 19.9% year/year.