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 were 8,883.0 million cubic meters in August 2025, versus 7,546.0 in July. This constitutes an increase of 17.72 percent.
Sample. There are 104 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time span going from January 2017 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: imports recorded their maximum of 11,761.0 million cubic meters in December 2023; they reached a minimum of 2,786.0 in March 2017; they had an average 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 | 105 | 2017-01-31 | 2025-09-30 |