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    Japan's February LNG Imports Drop 11%

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Japan is the world’s biggest LNG importer.

by: Shardul Sharma

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Japan's February LNG Imports Drop 11%

Japan’s LNG imports in February stood at 7.35mn metric tons, down 11.4% year-on-year, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s finance ministry March 18.

Last month's imports were also lower month-on-month. In January 2019, Japan imported 7.55mn mt of LNG. 

Japan is the world’s biggest LNG importer and imports in 2018 dropped 0.9% year-on-year to 82.8mn mt.