World LNG Imports by Origin, 2003 (Billion Cubic Feet)

            ORIGIN              
  United States Trinidad and Tobago Algeria Libya Nigeria Qatar United Arab Emirates Oman Australia Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Total Imports
                           
                           
IMPORTERS                          
North America 0.38 378.07 53.42   50.07 13.62   8.63       2.70 506.90
United States   378.07 53.42   50.07 13.62   8.632       2.70 506.52
Mexico1 0.38                       0.38
Central/South America   36.73                     36.73
Puerto Rico   26.13                     26.13
Donminican Republic   10.59                     10.59
                           
Western Europe   1.13 907.24 25.25 354.60 66.85 13.14 19.32 2.83       1,390.35
Belgium     118.98                   118.98
France     319.21                   319.21
Greece     19.60                   19.60
Italy     73.14   160.58               233.71
Portugal         19.25               19.25
Spain   1.13 251.55 25.25 138.47 66.85 13.14 19.32 2.83       518.53
Turkey     124.77   36.30               161.07
                           
Asia/Oceania 64.39 2.83 7.80     588.84 242.61 298.09 368.37 340.65 1,244.64 819.38 3,977.61
Japan 64.39 2.83       319.60 242.61 76.28 362.69 315.36 849.33 590.47 2,823.55
South Korea     7.80     269.24 0.00 221.81 5.69 25.29 236.89 129.50 896.22
Taiwan                     158.42 99.41 257.83
                           
Apparent Exports 64.77 418.76 968.47 25.25 404.67 669.32 255.75 326.04 371.20 340.65 1,244.64 822.08 5,911.59

1 Imports to Mexico from the United States are delivered by truck.

Sources: Imports to the United States and Imports to Japan and Mexico from the United States: Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Monthly (October 2004). All other Imports to Japan, Imports to Spain from Australia, and Imports to Puerto Rico from Trinidad and Tobago: Cedigaz Centre International d'Information sur le Gaz Naturel et tous Hydrocarbures Gazeux (CEDIGAZ), Natural Gas In the World, Major Trends for the Gas Industry June 2004 (Electronic Database) . All other countries: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Energy Agency, Natural Gas Information 2004. (with 2003 data).

Notes: For Cedigaz data, flows are on a contractual basis and may not correspond to actual physical gas flows in all cases. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.


Last Updated on 11/12/2004
By Karen Griffin
Email: karen.griffin@eia.doe.gov