TOKYO: Japan imported 83.34mn metric tons of LNG in 2016, according to provisional trade data published January 25 by the finance ministry in Tokyo. That represented a volume decline of just 2% compared to 2015. The value decreased by two-fifths (40.4%) to 3,283.9 billion yen ($28.9bn)
LNG accounted for 5% of all Japan’s total 2016 import value of 65,965.1bn yen. In December 2016, Japan imported 7.55mn mt which was 6.5% less year on year, and the value fell by a quarter to 323.4bn yen ($2.85bn).