日本7月LNG进口量下降

据世界天然气网8月20日消息 由于Covid-19冠状病毒大流行继续影响需求，日本上个月的液化天然气月度进口量在6月份略有增加后出现下滑。

全球最大的液化天然气进口国上个月共进口603万吨液化天然气，较上年同期下降11.5%，为今年第六个月进口量下滑。

1-7月，日本液化天然气进口量下降6.5%，至4240万吨，成本约201亿美元。

而去年同期的进口量为4540万吨，成本为249亿美元。

日本财务省公布的临时数据显示，7月液化天然气进口使日本损失约23亿美元，同比下降近33%。

数据显示，上个月来自马来西亚和印尼等亚洲国家的液化天然气交付量下降了22%，至115万吨。

来自卡塔尔等中东液化天然气出货量下降20.1%，至97万吨。

来自俄罗斯的货运量下降了近27%，至39.1万吨，美国的发货量则猛增121%，至46.7万吨。

另一方面，日本用于发电的月度煤炭进口量也出现下滑。

日本财务省数据显示，7月份日本进口煤炭共888万吨，同比下降13.4%。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japan’s LNG imports drop in July

Japan’s monthly LNG imports declined last month following a slight increase in June as the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to affect demand.

The world’s largest importer of LNG received 6.03 million tonnes of the fuel last month, down 11.5 percent from a year earlier and representing the sixth monthly decline in volumes this year.

In the January-July period, LNG imports dropped 6.5 percent to 42.40 million tonnes with the costs reaching about $20.1 billion.

This compares to 45.40 million tonnes and around $24.9 billion recorded last year, respectively.

July LNG imports cost Japan about $2.3 billion, a decline of nearly 33 percent year-on-year, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

Last month’s LNG deliveries from Asia from countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia dropped by 22 percent to 1.15 million tonnes, the data shows.

Middle East LNG shipments from sources like Qatar declined by 20.1 percent to 970.000 tonnes.

Shipments from Russia slid almost 27 percent to 391,000 tonnes while US deliveries surged 121 percent to 467,000 tonnes.

On the other side, Japan’s monthly coal imports for power generation also declined.

Japan imported 8.88 million tonnes of coal in July, down 13.4 percent year-on-year, the ministry’s data shows.