LNG (Japan import price)
14.25US$/mmbtu▼ 6.7% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 14.25
- Change
- +414.4%
- Year on year
- +24.2%
- High
- 23.73 Sept 2022
- Low
- 2.72 Dec 1998
- Average
- 7.38
- Volatility
- 18.8%
LNG (Japan import price) is 14.25 US$/mmbtu (Sept 2026), 414.4% higher than in Jan 1977. Over the last year: +24.2%.
What is this?
The world market price of lng (japan import price) (US$/mmbtu).
Coral Sul FLNG exports Mozambican LNG; Asian LNG prices indicate what such cargoes can earn. The realised price under long-term contracts differs.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/mmbtu.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
LNG (Japan import price) is 14.25 US$/mmbtu (Sept 2026), 414.4% higher than in Jan 1977. Over the last year: +24.2%.
Over all 597 observations since Jan 1977, the highest was 23.73 (Sept 2022) and the lowest 2.72 (Dec 1998).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 597 (Jan 1977 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Liquefied natural gas, Japan" ($/mmbtu).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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