October imports were 9.38 million mt Import cost rises 9% on month Higher price, long holiday dampen domestic demand China imported 9.38 million mt, or 12.93 Bcm, of natural gas — including both piped gas and seaborne LNG — in October, down 11.7% month on month, General Administration of Customs preliminary data released Nov. 7 showed. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Higher prices discouraged China’s natural gas imports, mainly spot LNG imports, last month, according to domestic trade sources. China was estimated to have imported around 5.54 million mt of LNG in October, down 15% from around 6.53 million mt in September, according to ship tracking data. The average cost of importing natural gas into China in October was estimated at Yuan 3,467/mt ($541.89/mt) excluding taxes and fees, up 9.3% from Yuan 3,171/mt in September, and marking the sixth consecutive month-on-month […]