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China’s Feb natural gas imports rise 10% on year to 7.6 mil mt

China’s natural gas imports, comprising LNG and pipeline gas, totaled 7.57 million mt, or 10.43 Bcm, in February, preliminary General Administration of Customs data released Friday showed.

The total was up 9.5% year on year from 6.91 million mt, or 9.53 Bcm, in February 2018, S&P Global Platts calculations based on the data showed.

It was also down 22.9% from 9.81 million mt, or 13.53 Bcm, in January, the customs data showed.

Over January-February, China imported a total 17.36 million mt, or 23.94 Bcm, of natural gas, up 18.5% year on year, the customs data showed.

Preliminary import data does not separate specific volumes for LNG and pipeline gas; this will be released later in the month.
Source: Platts

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