日本液化天然气进口量再次下滑

据世界天然气网站7月18日消息 日本液化天然气进口量在今年前六个月下滑8.2%，6月份月度进口量再次下滑。

上半年，日本财政部发布的临时数据显示，日本共进口了3860万吨液化天然气，低于2018年同期的4210万吨。

6月液化天然气进口量520万吨，较2018年6月的550万吨下降6.3%。

中国6月份的发电用煤进口量也下降了1.7%，至800万吨，前6个月下降了2%，至5390万吨。

数据显示，上半年美国的进口量增长了45%，达到130万吨。6月美国液化天然气进口增长51.6%，达到27.3万吨。

上半年，马来西亚、印度尼西亚、巴布亚新几内亚和文莱等亚洲国家的进口量为990万吨，下降了14.2%。7月份亚洲进口下降8.1%，至130万吨。

6月份中东的液化天然气进口量下降33.2%，至95.1万吨，6个月的进口量下降24.8%，至700万吨。

数据进一步显示，6月俄罗斯液化天然气进口量下降22.6%，至40.4万吨，前6个月为300万吨，降幅为11.8%。

王磊 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japan’s LNG imports drop continues

Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) slipped 8.2 percent during the first six months of the year as monthly imports slipped again in June.

During the first half of the year, Japan imported a total of 38.6 million tons of LNG, down from 42.1 million tons in the corresponding period of 2018, the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance

During the month of June liquefied natural gas imports reached 5.2 million tons, 6.3 percent down from 5.5 million tons in June 2018.

The country’s coal imports for power generation also dropped by 1.7 percent in June to 8 million tons, and by 2 percent for the first six months to 53.9 million tons.

Data shows that imports from the United States were up by 45 percent during the first half of the year, reaching 1.3 million tons. US LNG imports for the month of June jumped by 51.6 percent reaching 273,000 tons.

Imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Brunei hit 9.9 million tons in H1 dropping 14.2 percent. In July imports from Asian sources slipped 8.1 percent to 1.3 million tons.

LNG imports from the Middle East plunged 33.2 percent in June reaching 951,000 tons, while the six-month imports dropped 24.8 percent to 7 million tons.

The data further shows that imports of Russian LNG dropped 22.6 percent to 404,000 tons in June and 3 million tons for the first six months which is an 11.8 percent decrease.