Qatar will stop shipping gas to the EU if it strictly enforces a new law cracking down on forced labour and environmental damage, Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the FT.
Looks as though close to 40% is Europe. Putting a 10% export tax on EU destinations would be a slight revenue increase for them, in addition to increasing the price paid by EU. Even 5% export tax with EU sabotaging competition in their market would be a net profit increase.
" The main destination of Natural gas, liquefied exports from Qatar are: China ($10B), India ($8.54B), South Korea ($7.38B), United Kingdom ($7.31B), and Belgium ($5.37B" (https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/natural-gas-liquefied/reporter/qat)
So while it would not ruin Quatar, it certainly would put a dent into their numbers.
That’s assuming that they wouldn’t be able to redirect shipments to other countries the way Russia did.
Looks as though close to 40% is Europe. Putting a 10% export tax on EU destinations would be a slight revenue increase for them, in addition to increasing the price paid by EU. Even 5% export tax with EU sabotaging competition in their market would be a net profit increase.