Reporter

Product

domain

Returns ordinal version of a number with "th", "nd" or "st".

ordinal

Given a date, returns you the date in words
Year --> 2023= 2023
Quarter --> 20231 = 2023-Q1
Month --> 202301 == Jan 2023

time

Converts a country code to small flag icon.

flag

link

Abbreviates a number into a smaller more human-readible number.

abbreviate

incompleteYearName

Change month id to name (202405 --> May 2025)

longMonth

initMonthQuarterIncomplete

prevMonthQuarterIncomplete

icon

monthName

increaseOrDecreasePresent

Rounds to nearest whole number and adds commas.

commas

increaseOrDecreasePast

Return period in month when you have data in quarters

incompleteYearQuarter

timeFull

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational countries list.

hasSubnat

Return boolean (or boolean[]) if input country/ies are in subnational complexity countries list.

hasComplexitySubnat

hasCountryLatestTrends

apostrophe

Returns boolean if the subnational cube has HS classification

hasSubnatHS

Checks if the cube should have complexity values at subnational profile

subnationalComplexityAvailability

lowerCaseFirst

ordinalSuperscript

If n < 20 returns the number name, else returns the number

numbersWord

countryPotentialExportsAvailability

Adds abbreviate with subnational data currency support

abbreviateSubnat

symmetricRange

hasSubnatMap

Receives a cube and returns its data source link

dataSource_

Add link to the source data page and add a description

dataSource

dollar

toUpperCase

Joins an array of strings together, adding commas and 'and' when necessary.

list

Calculates the growth percentage between two numbers provided the following object format: {curr, prev}. Also supports calculating the growth between two margin of errors using this format: {curr, currMoe, prev, prevMoe}.

growth

growthPct

shortMonthName

Bilateral Product

Section

Petroleum Gas

China

According to the Product Complexity Index (PCI), it was the 1002nd most complex product out of 1044, with a PCI value of -1.88.

Icon123

IconTrendingUp

tabler

transparent

Latest Trends

IconCalendarMonth

Historical Data

IconPackageExport

Growth Potential

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Trade Balance

, primarily to <a href="/en/profile/reporter/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($2.27B), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/kor">South Korea</a> ($334M), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/phl">Philippines</a> ($225M).

, mainly from <a href="/en/profile/reporter/aus">Australia</a> ($15.1B), <a href="/en/profile/reporter/qat">Qatar</a> ($11.9B), and <a href="/en/profile/reporter/rus">Russia</a> ($11.7B).

Partner

Trade Flow

Time

Unit

Subnat Geography

Trade Value

Quantity

Unit Value

trade_s_chn_m_hs

HS4 27.11

HS4 27.11 (Harmonized System 1992 for 4-digits)

Market Growth and Net Trade

Market Concentration

Subnational Monthly Trade

Click on any date on the time series, any subnational region on the first treemap, or any destination or origin on the second treemap to explore.

In May 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> exported <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> mostly to <a href="/en/profile/country/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($138M), <a href="/en/profile/country/phl">Philippines</a> ($31.3M), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> ($13.3M), <a href="/en/profile/country/lbr">Liberia</a> ($11.2M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/mac">Macau</a> ($6.71M). During the same month, <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> imported <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> mostly from <a href="/en/profile/country/rus">Russia</a> ($1.14B), <a href="/en/profile/country/qat">Qatar</a> ($886M), <a href="/en/profile/country/aus">Australia</a> ($872M), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($822M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/tkm">Turkmenistan</a> ($753M).

In May 2025, the year-on-year exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> decreased by 16%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in exports to Hong Kong (-$42.8M or -23.6%), Malta (-$17.4M or -100%), and Macau (-$3.21M or -32.4%). During the same month, year-on-year imports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> to <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> decreased by 13%. This was explained primarily by a decrease in imports from Australia (-$624M or -41.7%), Indonesia (-$198M or -58.9%), and United States (-$157M or -16%).

In May 2025, <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> exported $214M and imported $6.47B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a>, resulting in a negative trade balance of $6.25B. Between April 2025 and May 2025, the exports of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> from <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> decreased by $92.1M (-30%), from $307M to $214M. During the same period, imports increased by $287M (4.65%), from $6.18B to $6.47B.

The following map shows the market growth of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> exports from <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> between the selected years.

<a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> are part of <a href="/en/profile/hs/mineral-fuels-mineral-oils-and-products-of-their-distillation">Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation</a> and include: <a href="/en/profile/hs/gaseous-natural-gas">Gaseous Natural Gas</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/liquefied-natural-gas">Liquefied Natural Gas</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/propane-liquefied">Propane, liquefied</a>, <a href="/en/profile/hs/butanes-liquefied">Butanes, liquefied</a>, and <a href="/en/profile/hs/liquefied-petroleum-gases-nes">Liquefied Petroleum Gases (n.e.s.)</a>, among others.

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> exported $3.36B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a>, being the 200th most exported product (out of 1,211) in <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a>. In 2024, the main destinations of China's <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> exports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/hkg">Hong Kong</a> ($2.15B), <a href="/en/profile/country/phl">Philippines</a> ($368M), <a href="/en/profile/country/vnm">Vietnam</a> ($200M), <a href="/en/profile/country/kor">South Korea</a> ($125M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/mlt">Malta</a> ($121M).

In 2024, <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> imported $88.2B of <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a>, being the 5th most imported product (out of 1,199) in <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a>. In 2024, the main origins of China's <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> imports were: <a href="/en/profile/country/aus">Australia</a> ($15.4B), <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($14B), <a href="/en/profile/country/rus">Russia</a> ($13.2B), <a href="/en/profile/country/qat">Qatar</a> ($12.2B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/tkm">Turkmenistan</a> ($9.57B).

The fastest growing origins for <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> imports in <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/usa">United States</a> ($3.69B), <a href="/en/profile/country/rus">Russia</a> ($1.52B), and <a href="/en/profile/country/aus">Australia</a> ($197M).

The fastest growing markets for <a href="/en/profile/hs/petroleum-gas">Petroleum Gas</a> exports in <a href="/en/profile/country/chn">China</a> between 2023 and 2024 were: <a href="/en/profile/country/phl">Philippines</a> ($186M), <a href="/en/profile/country/mlt">Malta</a> ($40M), and <a href="/en/profile/country/sgp">Singapore</a> ($31.4M).

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