Chile imported $79 million worth of LNG in October, an increase of 92% from the year-ago month, Central Bank figures showed Monday. The sum also a marked a 51.9% increase from $52 million in September.
The value of imports during the first 10 months of 2016 totaled $673 million, down 8.5% year on year.
Chile is almost wholly reliant on LNG imports for its natural gas supplies since neighboring Argentina cut off exports in 2009. The country imported 2.683 million mt of the fuel during 2015.
