Russia Supplied 62.7% More LNG to China in January-July 2023: Chinese Customs

© Sputnik . Maksim Blinov / Go to the mediabankValves and pipes are pictured at the Salmanovskoye (Utrenneye) oil and gas condensate field (OGCF) which will provide resources for the Arctic LNG 2 project owned by Russian gas producer Novatek on the Gydan Peninsula in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Russia.
Valves and pipes are pictured at the Salmanovskoye (Utrenneye) oil and gas condensate field (OGCF) which will provide resources for the Arctic LNG 2 project owned by Russian gas producer Novatek on the Gydan Peninsula in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, Russia. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 20.08.2023
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BEIJING (Sputnik) - Russia supplied 4.46 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth $2.98 billion to China over January-July 2023, up 62.7% compared to the same period last year, according to data released by China's General Administration of Customs.
In January-July 2022, China purchased 2.74 tonnes of LNG from Russia, while, in the whole year, Beijing imported 6.485 million tonnes from Russia for $6.732 billion.
Australia remained China’s number one LNG supplier in the first seven months of 2023, with exports of 13.5 million tonnes of LNG worth $8.3 billion, and was followed by Qatar with 9.51 million tonnes worth $6.1 billion. Russia was the third largest supplier, according to the customs data. The United States exported to China only 1,270 tonnes of LNG for $867.3 million during this period.
Russian pipeline gas supplies to China increased in January-July 2023 by almost 100% (98.98%) and amounted to $3.942 billion. The Chinese customs does not publish data on the volume of supplies, but only financial information.
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The figure almost reached the level of the whole of 2022, in which the total value of Russian pipeline gas exports to China reached $3.98 billion.
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