*The four key East Asian LNG importers of Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan collectively took a record 81.77mn tons of the supercooled fuel over the peak November-February buying season. This represents a 9.3% increase on the previous record 74.82mn tons set the previous winter, according to latest import statistics and figures from data intelligence firm Kpler (see chart 1).
*The last three months of imports have seen the three highest figures on record, including January’s record 22.39mn tons as buyers scrambled to secure any available cargo sending spot prices to records of above $30/mn BTU (MEES, 5 February). (CONTINUED - 1151 WORDS)
