据世界天然气8月22日消息，日本液化天然气进口在经历了两个月的下降后，7月份又略有回升。

据日本财务省发布的临时数据显示，本月日本共进口682万吨冷冻燃料，比2018年7月进口总量高出0.1%。

7月液化天然气进口额约为34.1亿美元，较上年同期下滑6.0%。

数据显示，来自美国的液化天然气进口下滑11.3%至21.1万吨。与2018年同期相比，来自马来西亚、印度尼西亚、巴布亚新几内亚和文莱等亚洲国家的进口增长0.1%，达到148万吨。

来自中东的液化天然气进口量与2018年同比下降24.5%，而来自俄罗斯的液化天然气进口量增加14.9%。

该国用于发电的煤炭进口量为1037万吨，比6月份增长约29%，比2018年7月份增长5.7%。

裘寅 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japanese LNG imports rise following two-month drop

Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have slightly risen again in July after a two-month drop.

According to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, a total of 6.82 million tons of the chilled fuel were imported into Japan during the month under review, 0.1 percent above the amount imported in July 2018.

The value of July LNG imports was about $3.41 billion, sliding 6.0 percent on year.

The data shows that imports of US LNG slipped by 11.3 percent, reaching 211,000 tonnes. Imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Brunei rose 0.1 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2018, reaching 1.48 million tonnes.

Imports of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East were 24.5 percent below the corresponding month in 2018 while LNG imports from Russia jumped 14.9.

The country’s coal imports for power generation stands at 10.37 million tonnes, some 29 percent more than in June, and 5.7 percent higher than in July 2018.