Energy Information Administration
Table Posted: November 20, 2007
Next Update: October 2008
World LNG Imports by Origin, 2004
(Billion Cubic Feet)
						ORIGIN
	United States	Trinidad and Tobago	Algeria	Libya	Nigeria	Qatar	United Arab Emirates	Oman	Australia	Brunei	Indonesia	Malaysia	Other	Total Imports
IMPORTERS
North America	0.37	462.10	120.34	0	11.82	11.85	0	9.41	14.99	0	0	20.00	1.50	652.38
United States	- -	462.10	120.34	0	11.82	11.85	0	9.41	14.99	0	0	20.00	1.50	652.02
Mexico1	0.37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.37
Central/South America	0	32.49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32.49
Puerto Rico	0	26.13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.13
Dominican Republic	0	6.36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.36
Western Europe	0	0	724.95	22.25	418.45	140.55	5.65	44.14	0	0	0	5.65	0	1,361.64
Belgium	0	0	101.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101.04
France	0	0	201.65	0	162.45	0	0	2.83	0	0	0	0	0	366.92
Greece	0	0	15.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.96
Italy	0	0	64.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64.87
Portugal	0	0	0	0	48.88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48.88
Spain	0	0	231.31	22.25	171.28	140.55	5.65	41.32	0	0	0	5.65	0	618.01
Turkey	0	0	110.11	0	35.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145.96
Asia/Oceania	62.10	2.83	10.59	0	8.48	707.22	258.05	269.24	446.98	355.59	1,212.01	995.85	0	4,328.93
India	0	0	0	0	0	91.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91.82
Japan	62.10	2.83	0	0	0	334.29	252.47	54.60	425.79	314.27	768.56	650.33	0	2,865.23
South Korea	0	0	10.59	0	5.65	281.11	2.83	211.89	21.19	41.32	257.80	218.95	0	1,051.33
Taiwan	0	0	0	0	2.83	0	2.75	2.75	0	0	185.65	126.57	0	320.55
Apparent Exports	62.47	497.42	855.88	22.25	438.74	859.63	263.70	322.80	461.97	355.59	1,212.01	1,021.50	1.50	6,375.44
1 Imports to Mexico from the United States are delivered by truck.
- - = Not applicable.
Note: For CEDIGAZ data, trade flows are on a contractual basis and may not correspond to actual physical flows in all cases.
Sources: Imports to the United States and Imports to Japan and Mexico from the United States: Energy Information Administration,
Natural Gas Monthly (October 2007).  All Imports to France and Spain;  All Imports to South Korea, except from Malaysia;  Imports to
Japan from Trinidad and Tobago; and Imports to Taiwan from Nigeria: CEDIGAZ (Centre International d'Information sur le Gaz Naturel
et tous Hydrocarbures Gazeux), Natural Gas in the World, Major Trends for the Gas Industry, August 2005 (Electronic Database).  Imports to
South Korea from Malaysia: Energy Intelligence Research, The World Gas Handbook 2005-06, Volume III of V, Asia.  All Other Data:
International Energy Agency, Natural Gas Information 2007.
Contact: Karen.Griffin@eia.doe.gov