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China's U.S. ethane imports to surge in 2025 in drive to cut costs

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Nearly all of China 's ethane imports come from the U.S. Companies including Satellite Chemical , China Sanjiang Fine Chemical, and Wanhua Chemical Group are investing more than $16 billion to build crackers, upgrade plants, expand storage, and construct Very Large Ethane Carriers to ship the liquefied gas.

China buys nearly half of the United States' ethane exports, according to the EIA .

China lowered its import tariff for ethane in 2025 to 1% from the 2% in 2024 .

Teague said Chinese propane and ethane users are dependent on imports.

Enterprise plans to open a terminal in Orange County , Texas , in the second half of this year .

Energy Transfer said it would add 250,000 bpd of natural gas liquids export capacity at Nederland , Texas .

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