{"id":85538,"date":"2025-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/04\/08\/china-stalls-us-lng-imports-as-trade-tensions-mount\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T00:00:00","slug":"china-stalls-us-lng-imports-as-trade-tensions-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/04\/08\/china-stalls-us-lng-imports-as-trade-tensions-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"China stalls US LNG imports as trade tensions mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>China <\/strong><strong>stalls US LNG imports<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>China hasn\u2019t imported any LNG shipments from the US over the past 60 days \u2014 with no US shipments currently heading to the Asian nation, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-04-07\/china-halts-us-lng-imports-in-longest-run-since-last-trade-war\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports, citing Kpler data. The mild winter has led to a sufficient LNG inventory, giving China flexibility in reselling its US LNG to buyers in Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This has been going on for a while: <\/strong>Chinese imports of US LNG have stalled for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/d69ea2a8-e7d4-4b47-b853-9e93cddcfb4b\/%253cmark%253eus-lng%253c%2Fmark%253e-exports-to-china-stall-after-15%2525-tariff\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">their longest<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/d69ea2a8-e7d4-4b47-b853-9e93cddcfb4b\/%253cmark%253eus-lng%253c%2Fmark%253e-exports-to-china-stall-after-15%2525-tariff\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">period<\/a> in almost two years as trade tensions mount between the two countries. Energy traders have diverted shipments to other buyers to avoid China\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/6b8b59c7-8f2e-4a7d-8575-8b01266d9c1d\/%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253etoday%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e:%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253ead%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eports%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eto%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253edevelop%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e300k%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eton%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253egrain%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253estorage%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eat%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253ekhalifa%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eport%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%2B%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eanother%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253efloating%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eregasification%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eunit%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253efor%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eegypt%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e%3F\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">15% duty<\/a> on US LNG.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI-<\/strong> China imposed a 15% duty on US coal and LNG and a 10% duty on oil, farm equipment, and some vehicles on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/logistics\/en\/news\/story\/222f78f4-55ce-4f8d-a8c4-e18f222a23e3\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">10 February<\/a> in response to the US slapping a 10% tariff on Chinese exports earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories on our radar this morning from around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[148,32],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-85538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-world","tag-around-the-world","tag-trade","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"1c6c532e-02b0-486c-9d1e-c51e5f12b981","order":"13","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/2\/2531.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"China stalls US LNG imports as trade tensions mount","related_issue":[85516],"teaser":"Stories on our radar this morning from around the world","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/4\/.10dc8ae5-a964-431c-b9a6-2d9ced0782dc.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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