According to China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC),
China’s natural gas imports in March 2025, including piped gas import and LNG
import, totaled 9.16 MMt, down 4.08% MOM and down 14.87% YOY. The average
import cost was $449.97/mt ($8.65/MMBtu), down 1.16% MOM and down 7.00% YOY.
China’s YTD import volume by 2025 totaled 29.42 MMt, down 10.50%
YOY, and China’s YTD import cost by 2025 totaled 13.86 billion USD.
According to SCI’s AIS monitoring, China’s LNG imports stood at 4.95
MMt in March 2025, up 9.09% MOM and down 25.56% YOY. Please note that there are
differences between the AIS data and customs data that may be caused by the
pre-clearance or delayed clearance documented progress, free-bond cargo
clearance, historical data backtrace and revision, etc.