LNG imports (million cubic meters) - China - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Liquefied Natural Gas imports (FSR)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In China, LNG imports stood at 8,883.0 million cubic meters in August 2025, compared to 7,546.0 in July. This constitutes a gain of 17.72 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the figure, there are 104 observations overall. The time span covered by the series is from January 2017 to August 2025.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: imports reached a minimum of 2,786.0 million cubic meters in March 2017; they attained a maximum of 11,761.0 in December 2023; they had a mean value of 7,277.7.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million cubic meters |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 7344.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 7546.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 8883.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports |
| Country | China |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Million cubic meters |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on CREA, Eurostat, EIA and Jodi data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM01 |
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Global LNG trade
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LNG imports (million cubic meters) - World - FSR - Monthly | 106 | 2017-01-31 | 2025-10-31 |