中国石化新闻网讯 据10月19日Offshore Energy消息：在连续两个月下降之后，9月日本液化天然气进口量有所增加。

根据日本财务省公布的临时数据，9月液化天然气进口量达到650万吨。比去年同期增长1%。

与8月的584万吨相比，增长11.3%。

9月液化天然气进口额达18.6亿美元，较去年同期下降42.2%。

来自马来西亚和印度尼西亚等亚洲地区的交付量增加6.9%，达到140万吨。与此同时，从中东进口的液化天然气减少了14.8%，至94.5万吨。

数据显示，日本从俄罗斯进口的液化天然气增加了61.8%，达到65.2万吨，而从美国进口的液化天然气增加25.5%，达到41.9万吨。

2020年9月，用于发电的煤炭进口下降了6.6%，降至850万吨。

冯娟 摘译自 Offshore Energy

原文如下：

Japan’s monthly LNG imports edge up

Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) edged up in September following a two-month decrease.

The provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance shows that imports reached 6.5 million tons of LNG in September. This is 1 per cent up on the volumes imported into Japan in the corresponding month in 2019.

Compared to the previous month, when Japan imported 5.84 million tons, this was an 11.3 per cent increase.

The value of LNG imports in September reached $1.86 billion, 42.2 per cent down when compared to the corresponding month last year.

Deliveries from Asian sources such as Malaysia and Indonesia increased by 6.9 per cent, reaching 1.4 million tons. At the same time, imports of LNG from the Middle Eastern sources declined 14.8 per cent to 945,000 tons.

Data shows that Japan’s imports of Russian LNG jumped 61.8 per cent to 652,000 tons while imports of U.S. LNG jumped 25.5 per cent to 419,000 tons.

Imports of coal for power generation declined 6.6 per cent to 8.5 million tons in September 2020.