T55	World Natural Gas Exports by Country, 1980-2007
	(Million Standard Cubic Metres)
	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	% change 07/06
North America	23,935	23,262	23,649	21,707	22,941	27,662	22,712	29,423	37,660	40,410	43,130	51,030	63,680	67,545	75,340	83,791	85,638	86,370	90,630	99,240	108,445	117,781	122,220	118,444	126,346	124,800	121,060	130,500	7.8
Canada	22,555	21,581	22,184	20,160	21,390	26,223	21,090	28,009	35,910	37,910	40,690	47,690	57,900	64,195	71,400	79,741	81,638	82,130	86,112	94,700	101,445	107,372	107,600	98,850	102,100	104,200	99,750	107,300	7.6
United States	1,380	1,681	1,465	1,547	1,551	1,439	1,622	1,414	1,750	2,500	2,440	3,340	5,780	3,350	3,940	4,050	4,000	4,240	4,518	4,540	7,000	10,409	14,620	19,594	24,246	20,600	21,310	23,200	8.9
Latin America	4,948	5,270	4,981	4,352	3,708	2,210	2,210	2,270	2,230	2,210	2,200	2,220	2,200	2,127	2,180	2,178	2,436	2,981	3,825	8,750	10,540	13,870	16,000	23,260	29,640	30,950	33,270	33,900	1.9
Argentina																		670	1,200	3,430	4,240	5,960	5,840	6,460	7,830	6,820	6,140	2,600	-57.7
Bolivia	1,951	2,196	2,297	2,218	2,250	2,210	2,210	2,270	2,230	2,210	2,200	2,220	2,200	2,070	1,980	1,980	2,040	1,830	2,200	1,570	2,030	3,680	4,780	4,890	7,910	10,400	10,800	11,700	8.3
Chile	97	100
Mexico	2,900	2,974	2,684	2,134	1,458									57	200	198	396	481	425	1,560	330	280	60	0		30	80	1,500	-
Trinidad and Tobago																				2,190	3,940	3,950	5,320	11,910	13,900	13,700	16,250	18,100	11.4
Eastern Europe	53,457	57,853	60,619	59,354	66,888	69,250	77,400	83,480	88,830	103,480	110,200	105,200	99,100	100,900	106,730	117,270	123,460	116,450	121,100	127,490	131,670	130,590	130,410	139,276	158,200	163,900	163,800	162,400	-0.9
Form Czechoslovakia			26
Form USSR	53,236	57,633	60,393	59,164	66,688	69,050	77,400	83,480	88,830	103,480	110,200	105,200	99,100	100,900	106,730	117,270	123,460	116,450	121,100	127,490	131,670	130,590	130,410	139,276	158,200	163,900	163,800	162,400	-0.9
Romania	221	220	200	190	200	200
Western Europe	74,847	69,734	62,553	65,061	70,514	68,135	61,670	63,390	59,210	64,810	62,240	67,710	71,910	74,440	73,870	71,370	90,120	89,660	88,480	95,500	109,490	114,380	131,340	145,640	156,560	160,560	168,590	172,780	2.5
Austria																						0	200	800	700	700	700	900	28.6
Belgium			150		39																		1,100	1,600	3,300	4,400	4,500	4,500	0.0
Denmark					139	440	610	760	830	1,010	1,050	1,270	1,590	1,610	1,760	1,730	1,800	2,970	2,700	2,710	3,040	3,590	3,670	3,300	4,290	5,290	5,090	4,510	-11.4
France																			850	700	800	800	770	770	770	770	770	770	0.0
Germany	450	1,605	1,757	1,429	1,116	890	1,050	1,210	1,210	1,170	1,120	1,110	1,530	3,520	3,660	2,560	2,950	2,430	3,100	3,800	5,110	4,140	8,280	11,000	12,500	15,100	14,730	16,100	9.3
Netherlands	49,240	42,915	36,271	38,928	42,010	41,136	34,160	33,350	28,910	33,980	34,890	40,650	42,900	43,860	40,750	38,450	45,800	40,110	36,360	35,000	36,620	42,400	41,390	42,170	48,400	46,300	48,600	49,500	1.9
Norway	25,157	25,214	24,375	24,704	27,210	25,629	25,850	28,070	28,260	28,650	25,180	24,680	25,830	24,830	26,830	27,600	38,020	42,310	42,570	45,490	48,910	50,500	62,930	70,800	74,600	78,300	84,000	86,100	2.5
Switzerland						40
United Kingdom													60	620	870	1,030	1,550	1,840	2,900	7,800	15,010	12,950	13,000	15,200	12,000	9,700	10,200	10,400	2.0
Middle East	2,824	2,902	2,981	2,476	2,874	3,036	3,654	5,619	6,280	6,710	6,700	6,460	3,420	3,850	4,160	7,130	7,340	10,670	12,010	15,670	23,700	31,788	34,633	40,565	46,447	49,934	57,534	65,972	14.7
Iran, I.R.	220	256									1,500	3,010		500		100	100	0	0			358	670	3,413	3,560	4,735	5,727	6,023	5.2
Iraq							650	2,750	3,100	3,600	2,000
Oman															10	500	500	500	500	500	2,710	7,430	8,460	9,610	10,600	10,600	12,940	13,100	1.2
Qatar																		2,860	4,790	8,100	14,040	16,540	18,390	20,245	24,200	27,100	31,100	39,300	26.4
United Arab Emirates	2,604	2,646	2,981	2,476	2,874	3,036	3,004	2,869	3,180	3,110	3,200	3,450	3,420	3,350	4,150	6,530	6,740	7,310	6,720	7,070	6,950	7,460	7,113	7,297	8,087	7,499	7,767	7,549	-2.8
Africa	8,486	8,079	11,104	19,131	19,894	22,870	21,300	26,550	27,180	30,850	32,570	35,470	37,328	36,654	33,173	38,846	42,170	49,860	53,600	61,020	68,223	66,455	67,127	72,740	74,537	89,896	103,961	104,857	0.9
Algeria	6,352	7,081	10,001	18,361	18,924	21,640	20,440	25,750	26,120	29,420	31,330	33,890	35,488	35,054	31,693	37,356	40,970	48,740	52,690	59,320	61,693	56,975	57,864	59,850	59,637	64,266	61,071	58,907	-3.5
Egypt																								350	1,100	8,230	16,900	15,700	-7.1
Libya, S.P.A.J.	2,134	998	1,103	770	970	1,230	860	800	1,060	1,430	1,240	1,580	1,840	1,600	1,480	1,490	1,200	1,120	910	960	800	790	630	750	1,200	5,400	8,410	9,050	7.6
Nigeria																				740	5,730	8,690	8,633	11,790	12,600	12,000	17,580	21,200	20.6
Asia Pacific	22,514	21,556	21,889	24,144	32,904	35,509	36,453	38,698	41,110	41,600	47,290	51,470	55,810	57,930	64,040	66,660	72,700	74,830	76,000	79,490	78,480	78,600	83,555	91,430	95,800	100,700	101,040	104,500	3.4
Australia										900	3,940	5,210	6,190	6,690	8,680	9,820	9,870	9,540	10,000	10,100	10,050	10,200	10,030	10,520	11,700	15,100	18,030	21,000	16.5
Afghanistan	2,900	2,420	2,300	2,326	2,320	2,400	2,220	1,640	1,020
Brunei	8,134	7,383	7,257	7,294	6,896	6,862	7,103	7,009	7,250	7,090	7,210	7,000	7,130	7,470	7,720	8,380	8,430	8,300	8,200	8,410	8,790	9,000	9,180	9,670	9,500	9,300	9,810	9,400	-4.2
China																	220
Indonesia	11,480	11,753	12,332	12,962	18,978	20,250	20,342	22,121	24,580	24,870	27,530	29,710	31,630	31,800	35,150	33,310	35,280	35,280	36,400	39,120	36,220	32,910	37,685	39,400	38,500	36,300	34,400	32,600	-5.2
Malaysia				1,562	4,710	5,997	6,788	7,928	8,260	8,740	8,610	9,550	10,860	11,970	12,490	15,150	18,900	21,710	21,400	21,770	22,090	21,170	20,460	24,970	28,600	31,100	29,820	31,600	6.0
Myanmar																				90	1,330	4,910	6,200	6,870	7,500	8,900	8,980	9,900	10.2
Taiwan																						410
Total World	191,011	188,656	187,776	196,225	219,723	228,672	225,399	249,430	262,500	290,070	304,330	319,560	333,448	343,446	359,493	387,245	423,864	430,821	445,645	487,160	530,548	553,464	585,285	631,355	687,530	720,740	749,255	774,909	3.4
OPEC	22,790	22,734	26,417	34,569	41,746	46,156	45,296	54,290	58,040	62,430	66,800	71,640	72,378	72,304	72,473	78,786	84,290	95,310	101,510	115,310	125,433	123,723	130,985	142,745	147,784	157,300	166,055	174,629	5.2
OPEC percentage	12	12	14	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	22	23	24	24	22	22	23	22	22	22	23
	Sources: Direct communications to the Secretariat. Cedigaz.National Sources.
	Institut Francais du Petrole: The World Gas Industry. Middle East
	Economic Survey. Petroleum Intelligence Weekly.Arab Oil and Gas.
	BP Statistical Review of the World Energy
	IEA Natural Gas Statistics. Secretariats estimates