In 2024, China reported imports of liquefied propane gas from the US of 17.3 million tons, up 37% from 2023. Through August of 2025, China’s imports from US were down 28%, to 8.2 million tons, the shortfall filled by Middle East and other sources.

There was a strong upward trend in China’s import of liquefied propane gas from US though 2024. As another salvo in the trade war, as of April 2025 China placed a 125% tariff on imports of this liquefied gas from the US. A particularly steep drop in volume from the US was evident in June.

China’s imports August 2025 YTD totaled 19.3 million tons, down 1%. Higher volumes from UAE, Qatar, Oman, Canada, Kuwait and others compensated for the decline from US.

From International Trader Publications’ Liquefied Propane Gas World Trade Analysis, based on the latest trade statistics from all reporting countries.