{
  "id": 4647985,
  "title": "China's LNG Imports Set to Drop 18% in August as Prices Soar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/chinas-lng-imports-set-to-drop-18-in-august-as-prices-soar",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-31T12:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chinas-LNG-Imports-Set-to-Drop-18-in-August-as-Prices-Soar.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China’s liquefied natural gas imports are on track to slump by 18% in August from a year earlier, bucking a three-month-long trend of growing purchases this summer, as high LNG prices put off some price-sensitive industrial consumers, vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed on Monday. The average price of spot LNG for delivery into Asia nearly doubled this month from a year earlier, as…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}