SHANGHAI : China didn’t import LNG from the U.S. in December after resuming shipments the previous month amid a trade dispute, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.
*** Annual imports 23.5m tons in 2018, according to Bloomberg calculations based on customs data
** Qatar 1.12m tons, highest since January
*** Annual imports 9.24m tons: Bloomberg calculations
** Malaysia 673,456 tons, highest on record
** Indonesia 776,439 tons, also record-high
** NOTE: China overtook S. Korea as world’s 2nd-biggest LNG
importer in 2017
* Pipeline imports in December:
** Turkmenistan at 2.14m tons
*** Annual imports 25.3m tons in 2018: Bloomberg calculations
** Uzbekistan supplies at 359,024 tons
** Kazakhstan at 253,191 tons
