# Liquefied buyer markets and demand | HS 271111 | Yugalinks

China is the largest reported buyer market in this view, with imports of $39.7B.

## Buyer market evidence

| Buyer market | Latest imports | 5-year growth | Suppliers | Leading supplier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| China | $39.7B | +8.5% | 24 | Australia |
| Japan | $36.3B | -0.3% | 21 | Australia |
| Republic of Korea | $27.1B | +6.5% | 24 | Qatar |
| India | $14.1B | +7.8% | 16 | Qatar |
| Taiwan | $10.2B | +8.9% | 18 | Australia |
| France | $9.9B | +20.1% | 24 | Russia |
| Netherlands | $6.9B | +38.3% | 41 | USA |
| Thailand | $6.0B | +15.9% | 19 | Qatar |
| Spain | $5.7B | +6% | 16 | Russia |
| Italy | $5.0B | +15.4% | 32 | Qatar |
| Turkey | $4.3B | +10.4% | 9 | Russia |
| Singapore | $4.0B | +12.2% | 15 | Qatar |
| Egypt | $3.8B | +103% | 9 | Israel |
| Pakistan | $3.7B | +5.6% | 9 | Qatar |
| United Kingdom | $3.6B | +4.9% | 20 | USA |
| Belgium | $2.7B | +20.4% | 13 | Russia |
| Kuwait | $2.6B | +23.7% | 5 | Qatar |
| Germany | $2.5B | +131.4% | 23 | USA |
| Bangladesh | $2.3B | +16.3% | 7 | Qatar |
| United Arab Emirates | $2.2B | +14% | 7 | Qatar |
| Malaysia | $2.0B | +10.1% | 10 | Australia |
| Poland | $1.6B | +13% | 10 | Qatar |
| Brazil | $1.5B | +23.1% | 11 | USA |
| Portugal | $1.1B | -1.8% | 7 | Nigeria |
| Greece | $950.6M | +8.4% | 9 | USA |
| USA | $910.0M | +4.2% | 21 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Finland | $802.8M | +70.7% | 11 | Norway |
| Lithuania | $795.4M | +26% | 13 | Norway |
| Croatia | $736.7M | +985.7% | 11 | USA |
| Dominican Republic | $724.6M | +31.7% | 5 | USA |
| Colombia | $719.2M | +60.6% | 4 | USA |
| Philippines | $668.2M | +115% | 6 | Australia |
| Indonesia | $610.8M | +10.1% | 5 | Qatar |
| Chile | $609.4M | -1.6% | 5 | USA |
| Argentina | $537.1M | +10.6% | 5 | USA |

## Buyer market price evidence

| Buyer market | Year | Trade value | USD per ton |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 2023 | $45.2B | $684.11 |
| China | 2023 | $43.5B | $612.57 |
| Republic of Korea | 2023 | $33.3B | $753.68 |
| France | 2023 | $15.2B | $650.83 |
| India | 2023 | $13.2B | $602.54 |
| Other Asia, nes | 2023 | $12.3B | $720.78 |
| Spain | 2023 | $10.4B | $600.81 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | $9.4B | $656.11 |
| Thailand | 2023 | $8.2B | $720.89 |
| Italy | 2023 | $7.8B | $664.95 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | $7.2B | $502.15 |
| Belgium | 2023 | $6.0B | $764.12 |
| Pakistan | 2023 | $3.7B | $648.76 |
| Singapore | 2023 | $3.0B | $569.57 |
| Germany | 2023 | $2.6B | $724.51 |
| Egypt | 2023 | $2.4B | $684.33 |
| Turkey | 2023 | $2.2B | $748.13 |
| Argentina | 2023 | $1.7B | $916.56 |
| Lithuania | 2023 | $1.7B | $742.12 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | $1.6B | $701.32 |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._