China's LNG imports hit monthly record in November

China's imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) jumped to a monthly record in November as residential and industrial demand surged in line with Beijing's drive to promote use of gas rather than coal to cut winter pollution. Shipments in November rose 53 percent to 4.06 million tonnes compared with the same month a year earlier, according to data released on Saturday by the China's customs bureau. That beat the previous record of 3.733 million tonnes set in December 2016.
Year-to-date, LNG imports were 33.13 million tonnes, compared with 26.15 million in the same period of 2016, pointing to 2017's imports setting a full-year record. Gasoline exports were 1.04 million tonnes in November, up 11.2 percent from the same month a year ago.