Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that India imports 67 percent of its LPG from the United States.
The war and attacks between the United States and Iran that had been ongoing in West Asia also affected the Gulf countries. From last March until June, shipping was disrupted due to issues such as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and countries including India and Sri Lanka were affected by fuel shortages.
In this situation, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that over the past few months, the United States has met India’s demand for liquid fuel.
Speaking about this, Hardeep Singh Puri said, “I am pleased to inform you today that about 67 percent of LPG imports are being imported from the United States.
Initially, it was planned to import in smaller quantities. However, more than 60 percent has been imported. This has nothing to do with the Hormuz Strait issue,” he said.
While LPG is being imported from the United States, there has been a significant decline in LPG imports from Gulf countries.
In last February, India imported 626.03 thousand tonnes of LPG from the United Arab Emirates, but in July it has sharply fallen to just 102 thousand tonnes.
Data also show that supplies from Qatar have been affected. LPG imports, which stood at 431.02 thousand tonnes in February, fell to just 19.32 thousand tonnes in July.
Along with the United States, India has also increased its LPG imports from other countries such as Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Iraq, Algeria, Nigeria, Argentina, Australia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Egypt. As a result, this has helped resolve issues such as the cylinder shortage that had been prevailing recently.