LNG exports from three projects on the Australian east coast came to 1.91mn metric tons in January, down 3.5% year/year according to the latest data published by Gladstone Ports Corporation. Exports were down 12.7% month on month. 

China imported 1.29mn mt of LNG last month, down from 1.37mn mt in January 2020, the data showed. South Korea imported 294,765 mt, up from 289,032 mt, while shipments to Japan came to 186,883 mt, compared with 128,318 mt in the same month of the previous year. Malaysia imported 63,013 mt of LNG versus 186,276 mt a year earlier. 

The three projects exported 22.36mn metric tons in 2020, up over 1% yr/yr despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The projects are APLNG; Gladstone LNG and Queensland Curtis LNG.