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    Japan's November LNG Imports Drop

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Imports declined 1% on year.

by: Shardul Sharma

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Japan's November LNG Imports Drop

Japan’s LNG imports in November decreased 1% year on year to 6.34 million metric tons, according to provisional data published by the government December 19.

Japan is world's largest LNG importer and last year it bought 83.63mn mt of the commodity, up 0.4% from the year before, ahead of China which last year overtook South Korea to become the second biggest importer.