LNG exporting country, with and export volume of 114 billion cubic meters. At that same time, Japan was the major LNG importing country, with figures over 98 billion cubic meters.
In 2022, global liquefied natural gas trade volume amounted to 542 billion cubic meters. Between 1970 and 2022, figures increased by 539 billion cubic meters. In 2022, Qatar was the world's major Liquefied natural gas trade volume worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion cubic meters)
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Energy Institute. (June 26, 2023). Liquefied natural gas trade volume worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion cubic meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/264000/global-lng-trade-volume-since-1970/
Energy Institute. "Liquefied natural gas trade volume worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion cubic meters)." Chart. June 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264000/global-lng-trade-volume-since-1970/
Energy Institute. (2023). Liquefied natural gas trade volume worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion cubic meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/264000/global-lng-trade-volume-since-1970/
Energy Institute. "Liquefied Natural Gas Trade Volume Worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in Billion Cubic Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264000/global-lng-trade-volume-since-1970/
Energy Institute, Liquefied natural gas trade volume worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion cubic meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/264000/global-lng-trade-volume-since-1970/ (last visited September 28, 2023)
Liquefied natural gas trade volume worldwide from 1970 to 2022 (in billion cubic meters) [Graph], Energy Institute, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/264000/global-lng-trade-volume-since-1970/