NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 -- Algeria, which started supplying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to India in June after shipping in the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted by war, has emerged as the third-largest supplier of the cooking fuel to the country.

Algeria sent 110,711 tonnes of LPG to India so far in August, about a 10th of the overall imports of about 1.08 million tonnes (mt) in the month, according to data from commodities and ship-tracking firm Kpler.

The US was the largest supplier in August with 622,536 tonnes, followed by the UAE with 140,266 tonnes. Supplies from the African nation shot up from 22,243.79 tonnes in June and 21,642.23 tonnes in July. Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach is the world's second-largest LPG exporter after state-ru...