Chinese LNG imports up 30% in October

China’s LNG imports increased by 29.8% year on year in October, to 4.6 mt, according to data released on Friday by the General Administration of Customs.

LNG imports for the first 10 months of 2018 were up by 43.0%, to 41.6 mt.

Pipeline imports increased by 20.5% last month, to 2.7 mt, and were up by 21.7% for the first 10 months of 2018, to 30.5 mt.