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CHINA-LIQUEFIED-GAS
China’s liquefied natural gas imports surge in March
BEIJING, April 28, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – China’s imports of liquefied
natural gas (LNG) surged last month, as demand remained robust, data from the
General Administration of Customs showed.
LNG imports rose to 4.06 million tonnes in March, up 25.2 percent year on
year.
Economic and industrial production growth, coupled with efforts to reduce
stifling pollution levels, have led to surging natural gas demand over the
past few years.
China aims to bring domestic natural gas output to more than 200 billion
cubic meters by 2020.
Imports of coking coal soared 53.1 percent to 6.14 million tonnes.
China exported 1.69 million tonnes of gasoline in March, down 0.6 percent
year on year. Diesel exports jumped 14.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.71
million tonnes.
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