Asia LNG Imports Drop Most Since 2022 as Iran War Upends Supply

By Stephen Stapczynski and Sing Yee Ong

Apr 1, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Asian liquefied natural gas imports fell the most in more than three years last month as the conflict in the Middle East choked supply and sent prices higher.

LNG deliveries to the region declined 8.6% in March from a year earlier to about 20.6 million tons, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. That is the biggest drop since December 2022.

World LNG supply has been badly hampered by the war in Iran, with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz cutting the world off from about a fifth of the