The LPG market in Europe

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This section presents the current situation of Europe’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market.

Supply and demand

From 2012 to 2019, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption in the EU-27 member states’ (MS) increased. In 2020, global pandemic travel restrictions resulted in a fall in LPG consumption in road transport. Compared to 2020 levels, the 2021 LPG consumption increased by 4%, totaling 4,668,000 tonnes.

The figure below indicates the EU’s LPG imports and exports and LPG consumption in road transport in the EU. Note that there is no data for LPG consumption in road transport for 2022, according to Eurostat’s latest figures. In addition, no LPG production data was available for EU countries.

Import and export volumes of LPG in the EU and consumption in road transp

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