The world’s largest LNG buyer saw imports fall 3% year-on-year to 7mt and 10.1% on the previous month.

A combination of cool weather and major typhoons during July and August dampened demand, according to analysts.

Australia was the largest supplier shipping 1.52mt of LNG some 7.4% down on a year ago down a sizeable 23.1% from July.

Malaysia was the biggest gainer with exports to Japan reaching 1.36mt,