Data from the General Administration of Customs shows that China received 68.43 million tonnes of LNG last year.
This compares to approximately 76.55 million tonnes in 2024, which rose 7.7 percent year-on-year.
As previously reported by LNG Prime, China’s natural gas imports, including pipeline gas and LNG, decreased by 2.8 percent year-on-year to 127.87 million tonnes in 2025.
China’s pipeline imports rose 8 percent year-on-year to 59.43 million tonnes, the customs data shows.
In December, China’s LNG imports jumped to 8.48 million tonnes, up 19.9 percent year-on-year.
This is the highest monthly figure in 2025.
In November, LNG imports rose 13.6 percent year-on-year to 6.94 million tonnes.
Japan has not yet published official statistics for LNG imports in December.
China imported approximately 1.53 million tonnes of LNG more than Japan during January-November last year.
During January-November last year, Japan imported approximately 58.47 million tonnes of LNG, and 4.73 million tonnes in November.
