Japanese LNG imports down 12% in Feb

Japanese LNG imports in February came in at 7.1mn metric tons, down 11.9% year/year, according to the data published by the country’s finance ministry on March 16. The imports were up 4.7% month/month, however.

Japan’s shipments last month cost 676.22bn yen ($5.72bn), up 65.3% yr/yr. In 2021, Japanese imports were 74.31mn mt, down about 0.2% yr/yr.

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China has overtaken Japan as the world's largest LNG importer. Last year, Chinese LNG imports were 78.93mn mt, up 18.3% yr/yr.