📉Trend of spot LNG price March 2018 (preliminary report)
Trend of the price of spot-LNG
(Preliminary Figures for March 2018)
April 10, 2018
Office of Director for Commodity Market
Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
The average price of spot-LNG imported into Japan that was contracted in March 2018 is
8.8USD/MMBtu.
(See Notes below for the arrival-based price. Statistical accounting of these prices started from
March 2014 (Statistics have been published since April 2014.). Therefore, spot-LNGs that were
contracted before March 2014 are not included in the calculation of the Arrival-based Price.)
（Unit：USD/MMBtu）
Month Contract-based Price Arrival-based Price
2018 February* 10.6 10.9
2018 March** 8.8 10.2
*Detailed ** Preliminary
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/statistics/sho/slng/result/pdf/201803-e.pdf
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