On January 4, the data released by China's E-Gas system showed that from December 27, 2021, to the week of January 2, 22, China imported a total of 29 ships of LNG. About 1.87 million tons, at a relatively high level.
In 2021, China imported about 78.05 million tons of LNG, surpassing Japan and becoming the world's largest LNG importer.
Table 1: Analysis of China's LNG imports from December 27, 2021 to January 2, 2021
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From the perspective of import source countries, from December 27, 2021, to the week of January 2, 22, China's LNG import sources have 12 countries. Among them, 6 ships were imported from Australia, and the import volume was about 420,000 tons, accounting for 22.46% of the total imports for the week.
From the point of arrival, from December 27th, 2021 to January 2nd, 2021, a total of 13 LNG ships were unloaded in South China (including Fujian), 6 ships were unloaded in the Yangtze River Delta region, and 10 ships were unloaded in the Bohai Rim region. Among them, Hebei Tangshan LNG station unloaded 3 ships of LNG, with a total of about 230,000 tons, the largest number.
Table 2: China's LNG import forecast from January 3 to January 9
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E-Gas system's data shows that from January 3 to January 9, China will import about 22 LNG ships, with an estimated import volume of about 1.55 million tons.
Source: Sarah Yu, XINDE MARINE NEWS
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