world's largest LNG exporters, each accounting for 20 percent of global LNG exports.
Japan was the world's largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2022. That year, Japan accounted for 18 percent of all LNG imports. Liquefying gas allows for the trading of natural gas over greater distances, although pipelines are considered the safer means of transportation. Most countries reliant on LNG imports are those with no pipeline connections to producing sites. Australia, Qatar, and the United States are the Liquefied natural gas import market share worldwide in 2022, by country/territory
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