# China’s Cheap Domestic Gas Curbs LNG Buying as Winter Nears

> Low-priced domestic natural gas is discouraging Chinese buyers from purchasing LNG as winter approaches. The national average LNG price was reported at the equivalent of $21.97 per million British thermal units on Monday.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T12:08:39.369Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/89315-china-s-cheap-domestic-gas-curbs-lng-buying-as-winter-nears
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced Chinese demand for imported LNG could leave more cargoes available to other buyers and weigh on spot LNG prices.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2021-09-01 | [China's LNG import surge to cool in winter as high prices bite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45735-china-s-lng-import-surge-to-cool-in-winter-as-high-prices-bite.md) | +9.9% | +28.7% |
| NATGAS | 2020-03-10 | [US LNG developers try to ride out market turmoil with China's door shut \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54313-us-lng-developers-try-to-ride-out-market-turmoil-with-china-s-door-shut-s-and-p.md) | +5.3% | -4.2% |
| NATGAS | 2018-09-19 | [Wood Mackenzie on China's new retaliatory tariff on US LNG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63218-wood-mackenzie-on-china-s-new-retaliatory-tariff-on-us-lng.md) | +4.5% | +9.7% |
| NATGAS | 2019-02-15 | [European LNG influx plays into Gazprom’s hands this winter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60782-european-lng-influx-plays-into-gazprom-s-hands-this-winter.md) | +5.3% | +10.8% |
| NATGAS | 2017-06-01 | [LNG sellers, Asian buyers spar as contract fight brews amid supply glut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70686-lng-sellers-asian-buyers-spar-as-contract-fight-brews-amid-supply-glut.md) | -0.7% | -0.4% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-09/china-s-cheap-domestic-gas-curbs-lng-buying-as-winter-nears

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