日本3月份汽油需求降至30年来最低水平

据石化新闻2020年3月30日东京报道，疫情影响和日本政府呼吁公众自觉抑制休闲活动，使日本3月份国内汽油需求降到了1990年以来的最低水平。

上周末，东京及神奈川县、千叶县等四个相邻县的主管呼吁公众留在家中，以遏制COVID-19疫情的蔓延。在这种呼声日益高涨的情况下，当地交易商说，他们预计未来几周东京都会区的汽油需求量将会下降。

日本最大的炼油企业新日本石油和能源公司(JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy)周一说，日本3月份国内汽油需求量预计为377万千升或76.4921万桶/天，比去年同期下降8%。JXTG把汽油需求的下降归因于疫情的传播导致休闲活动的急剧下降，以及日本对汽车燃料需求的普遍下降趋势。

日本经济产业省日前公布的统计数据显示，日本3月份国内汽油需求量将创下1990年国内销售369万千升汽油以来的最低水平。

李峻 编译自 石化新闻

原文如下：

Japan's March gasoline demand estimated at the lowest since 1990

The coronavirus pandemic and the government's call for the public to voluntarily restrain from leisure activity have slashed Japan's domestic gasoline demand in March to the lowest for the month since 1990.

Amid heightened calls to stay home, as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, during the last weekend by governors of Tokyo and four adjacent prefectures, including Kanagawa and Chiba, local traders said they expect gasoline demand in the metropolitan area to fall in the coming weekends.

Japan's gasoline demand is estimated at 3.77 million kl, or 764,921 b/d, in March, down 8% from a year ago, the country's largest refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy said Monday. JXTG attributed the drop in gasoline demand to a sharp decline in leisure activity as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, in addition to the prevailing downtrend in demand for the motor fuel in Japan.

The March gasoline demand would be the lowest since domestic sales of 3.69 million kl was recorded in 1990, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry data.