China surpasses Japan as the biggest importer of LNG in the world

China imported record volumes of LNG in November and December last year. In December, almost 7.2 million tonnes of LNG were imported in China, almost 17% more than their import values in November.

A ship tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon revealed that Japan’s imports have significantly reduced over the last 5 months. The data also revealed that Japan shipped in 6.574 million tonnes in December, more than 7% from the previous m....