Japanese trader Marubeni saw transactions increase 29.3% last year to 2.48 trillion yen ($30.8 billion), which it partly put down to the LNG market.

“Growth in import agent sales for Japanese electric power and gas companies in the LNG field” contributed to the boost, Marubeni said in its full year financial report.

Meanwhile, net cash used in investing activities was 128.5 billion yen, up from 35.2