Although the full 2011 LNG trade matrix, listing the contributions made by all LNG export and import nations, has yet to be published, some key figures are available. Most importantly, global LNG traffic expanded by 10 per cent in 2011 to 242 million tonnes (mt), the growth being driven primarily by rising Asian imports. Considered as a bloc, the four nations of North Asia – Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan – dominated the global trade in LNG last year. Between them the quarte....

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