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  "slug": "natural-gas-trade",
  "kind": "flow",
  "title": "Natural gas: the leading trade routes",
  "subtitle": "15 retained leading routes · 2024",
  "takeaway": "Norway → Germany is the largest retained route. Displayed routes cover 35.5% of primary-line world trade.",
  "period": "2024",
  "unit": "USD",
  "publisher": "CEPII BACI via Commodity Origins",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
  "licenseUrl": "https://commodityorigins.com/sources/",
  "attribution": "CEPII BACI; derived primary-HS-line corridor snapshot from Commodity Origins.",
  "retrievedAt": null,
  "vintage": "2026-10-10T22:48:06.733043+00:00",
  "method": "Ribbon widths represent USD value for the 15 retained leading exporter–importer routes. These represent 35.5% of primary-line world value (3017 total corridors). Node totals cover displayed routes only.",
  "notes": [
    "Selected primary HS line only, not all natural gas products or physical tonnage. Reporting year 2024; snapshot generated 2026-10-10. Acquisition date is not supplied.",
    "Other routes are omitted. The data export contains exactly the displayed routes; broader commodity coverage is in the linked retained snapshot."
  ],
  "explorer": "/patterns/trade-flows/",
  "rows": [
    {
      "place": "Norway",
      "code": "NOR",
      "destination": "Germany",
      "destinationCode": "DEU",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "16682465677.000002",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 3.5062201436464395,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · NOR → DEU"
    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "Japan",
      "destinationCode": "JPN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "16615024775",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 3.4920458211166405,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · AUS → JPN"
    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "15397111890.999998",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 3.236072227658287,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · AUS → CHN"
    },
    {
      "place": "United States",
      "code": "USA",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "13505290409",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.8384605845834554,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · USA → CHN"
    },
    {
      "place": "Russia",
      "code": "RUS",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "13200762125",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.774456664279098,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · RUS → CHN"
    },
    {
      "place": "Norway",
      "code": "NOR",
      "destination": "United Kingdom",
      "destinationCode": "GBR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "13005216213",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.7333580024303656,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · NOR → GBR"
    },
    {
      "place": "Qatar",
      "code": "QAT",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "12240749420",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.5726869768960032,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · QAT → CHN"
    },
    {
      "place": "Algeria",
      "code": "DZA",
      "destination": "Italy",
      "destinationCode": "ITA",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "10547914666.000002",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.216897165649892,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · DZA → ITA"
    },
    {
      "place": "Qatar",
      "code": "QAT",
      "destination": "India",
      "destinationCode": "IND",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "9958001152",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.0929126968163847,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · QAT → IND"
    },
    {
      "place": "Turkmenistan",
      "code": "TKM",
      "destination": "China",
      "destinationCode": "CHN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "9573419134",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 2.0120835649300313,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · TKM → CHN"
    },
    {
      "place": "Canada",
      "code": "CAN",
      "destination": "United States",
      "destinationCode": "USA",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "8693590888",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.8271665641219668,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
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    },
    {
      "place": "United States",
      "code": "USA",
      "destination": "Japan",
      "destinationCode": "JPN",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "7893749181",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.6590606522555702,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · USA → JPN"
    },
    {
      "place": "United Arab Emirates",
      "code": "ARE",
      "destination": "India",
      "destinationCode": "IND",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "7507607304",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.5779036786009226,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · ARE → IND"
    },
    {
      "place": "Australia",
      "code": "AUS",
      "destination": "South Korea",
      "destinationCode": "KOR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "7216074393",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.5166310475117815,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · AUS → KOR"
    },
    {
      "place": "United States",
      "code": "USA",
      "destination": "South Korea",
      "destinationCode": "KOR",
      "period": "2024",
      "value": "7015042919",
      "status": "Retained derived corridor value",
      "sharePct": 1.4743794632859841,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37",
      "sourceLocator": "/publisher-data/patterns/trade-flows.json · natural-gas · USA → KOR"
    }
  ],
  "commodity": "natural-gas",
  "topic": "Trade routes",
  "coveragePct": 35.530335253782816
}