The owner of the largest US LPG export terminal said over half of its volumes went to Asia during the first quarter.

Enterprise Products said during a conference call that 55% of the LPG volumes done through its Houston Ship Channel terminal were sent to Far East markets.

The comments echo those of Avance Gas chief executive Christian Andersen. During yesterday’s earnings conference call, he said that about half of monthly VLGC volumes from the US Gulf are headed to Asian markets, amid an ongoing boom in China’s plastics production and regional supply diversification.

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