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Imports represent three key markets: Asia, Western Europe and America.
Five importing countries: Japan (as the world’s leading importer, Japan purchases 39% of global production), South Korea (15.2% of imports), Taiwan (5%), India (4.6%) and China.
Since 2006, these countries have imported LNG from seven producer countries: Qatar (the world’s leading exporter, with 17% of global production), Indonesia (12%), Malaysia (13.1%), Australia (8.7%), Brunei (4.1%), Oman (5.4%) and Abu Dhabi (3.3%).
In 2007, Asian countries also imported LNG produced in Alaska, Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea (plant commissioned in 2007).
Most trade in LNG is from Algeria (10.4% of global production), Nigeria (9.7%) and Egypt (6.2%). This LNG goes to Spain (11% of global imports), France (5.6%), Turkey, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Greece.
In 2007, cargoes also came from Qatar, Trinidad-and-Tobago, Libya and, to a lesser degree, Oman.
The first two deliveries were also received from the Snøhvit plant in Norway, which came on stream in 2007.
The USA is both an exporter—shipping LNG to Japan from Alaska (0.6%)—and an importer (9.5% of the world total), receiving LNG on the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, mainly from Trinidad-and-Tobago (8.3%), Egypt and Nigeria, as well as from Equatorial Guinea.
Porto-Rico, the Dominican Republic and Mexico (since 2006) also import LNG.
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