LPG Delivery: Chinese imports are stable throughout the year

LPG Imports from China, The World’s Leading Importer has been marginally highly so far in 2025. In its latest weekly report, Shipbroker Banchero Costa Said that “Global LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) Following a Very Dispired 2021. Total Seaborne Exports of LPG in Jandec 2024 Increased by +4.4% Yoy to 148.9 mln Tonnes, according to tracking data from LSEG.

Source: Bancha Costa

According to Banchero Costa “In terms of imports, the top destination for LPG in Jan-Jun 2025 is the mainland of China, contributing 22.4% of global imports. Imports to China increased +0.3% yoy in Jan-Jun 2025 Laut. Import.

Now let’s focus on mainland China, which is now the largest LPG importer in the world. In January 2023 LPG imports to China jumped with spectacular +24.6% yoy to 31.2 mln tons. This was followed by an increase of +11.7% yoy in Jan-Des 2024 to 34.8 mln tons. Top LPG Discharging Ports in China in Jan-Dec 2024 Were: Yantai (4.0 mln T in Jan-Dec 2024), Ningbo/Zhoushan (3.8 mln T), Dongguan (2.7 mln T), Dongjiakou (1.9 mln T), Beilun (1.6 mln T), Fuzhou (1.5 mln T), Panjin (1.4 mln T), Tianjin (1.3 mln T), Qinzhou (1.3 mln T), Zhuhai (1.2 mln T), Longkou (1.2 MT). Strangely, considering the ongoing political tension, the main source of LPG for China is still a lot of the United States “.

Source: Bancha Costa

“In January 2024, China imported 19.6 mln Tons of LPG from the United States, up +32.1% yoy. The US contributed 56.4% of the total LPG imports in Seaborne in China in porcelain in porcelain in porcelain in porcelain in porcelain to China, with 12.3 mln -volum from China there. 8.2 mln Ton.
Nikos Roussanoglou, Hellenic Shipping News worldwide