The DOE LNG monthly report shows that US terminals shipped 57 Bcf to Egypt (10.6 percent), 54.1 Bcf to the Netherlands (10 percent), 52.3 Bcf to Italy (9.7 percent), 46.5 Bcf to France (8.7 percent), and 39.9 Bcf to India (7.4 percent) in April.
These five countries took 46.4 percent of total US LNG exports in April.
Before this, LNG import terminals in France and the Netherlands were the top destinations for US LNG cargoes in March, the UK and the Netherlands were the top destinations in February, the UK and Turkiye were the top destinations for US LNG cargoes in January, Turkiye was the top destination in December and November last year, the Netherlands was the top destination in October, September, and August last year.
Egypt was the top destination for US LNG cargoes for the first time in July last year.
In 2025, the Netherlands was the top destination with 646.1 Bcf, a 39 percent rise compared to the previous year, followed by France with 533.1 Bcf, a rise of 50 percent from 2024.
April LNG exports up
The DOE report shows that the US exported 537.9 Bcf of LNG to 35 countries in April, up 20 percent from the same month in 2025 and down 6.2 percent from the prior month.
This quantity is approximately 11 million metric tons of LNG.
In September 2024, Europe again became the preferred destination for US LNG cargoes over Asia, and this remained the case to date.
However, the share of US LNG exports to Europe dropped from 82.4 percent in January this year to 70.1 percent in February, 62 percent in March, and 54.6 percent in April.
Europe received 293.7 Bcf of US LNG in April, Asia received 163.1 Bcf (30.36 percent), Africa 57.9 Bcf (10.8 percent), and Latin America/Caribbean 23.3 Bcf (4.3 percent).
DOE said that 90.6 percent of total LNG exports went to non-free trade agreement countries, while the remaining 9.4 percent went to free trade agreement countries.
Moreover, US terminals shipped 161 LNG cargoes in April, 17 fewer than in March.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant sent 37 cargoes, and its Corpus Christi terminal shipped 24 cargoes, while Venture Global’s Plaquemines plant shipped 30 cargoes and the Freeport LNG terminal shipped 22 cargoes.
Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG terminal shipped 18 cargoes, while Venture Global’s Calcasieu plant sent 14 cargoes.
The Elba Island plant shipped seven cargoes and the Cove Point LNG terminal shipped six cargoes during the month under review.
In addition, Golden Pass LNG shipped its first LNG cargo produced from the first train in April.
DOE also noted that NFE’s Altamira LNG terminal in Mexico shipped two cargoes in April. This project receives feed gas from the US and Mexico.
Average price at 7.73/MMBtu
According to DOE’s report, the average price by export terminal reached 7.73/MMBtu in April.
This compares to 8.13/MMBtu in April 2025 and 7.28/MMBtu in the prior month.
The highest average price in April was recorded at Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal, which reached $11.38/MMBtu.
Prices at other facilities ranged between $3.69/MMBtu (Elba Island) to $8.53/MMBtu (Altamira LNG), the data shows.
9,414 cargoes
The report said that from February 2016 through April 2026, the US exported 9,414 cargoes or 29,953.5 Bcf to 46 countries.
The DOE data shows that the Netherlands is now the top destination with 772 cargoes, followed by South Korea with 762 cargoes, France with 779 cargoes, the UK with 669 cargoes, and Japan with 641 cargoes.
France took more cargoes but fewer volumes than the Netherlands and South Korea.
In addition to these five countries, Spain, Turkiye, China, India, and Italy are in the top ten.
