US Gulf cargoes dominate India’s chemicals, LNG and LPG import line-up – Import Footprint, 20 Jul 2026

US feedstocks reshape India’s import map

US Gulf cargoes dominate India’s chemicals, LNG and LPG import line-up

Reliance draws twin US ethane cargoes into Dahej while exporting benzene

West coast chemical traffic builds

Hazira and Mumbai lead bulk chemical arrivals as methanol and base oils rise

Vadinar LPG congestion deepens as imports, transfers and re-exports converge

Fertiliser feedstocks tighten

India trades sulphuric acid both ways as smelters export and fertiliser makers import

Coromandel leads ammonia imports as Haldia berth shutdown strands cargo

Gas sourcing shifts westward

US LNG captures an unusually large share of India’s terminal line-up