據世界天然氣網站7月18日消息 日本液化天然氣進口量在今年前六個月下滑8.2%，6月份月度進口量再次下滑。

上半年，日本財政部發布的臨時數據顯示，日本共進口了3860萬噸液化天然氣，低于2018年同期的4210萬噸。

6月液化天然氣進口量520萬噸，較2018年6月的550萬噸下降6.3%。

中國6月份的發電用煤進口量也下降了1.7%，至800萬噸，前6個月下降了2%，至5390萬噸。

數據顯示，上半年美國的進口量增長了45%，達到130萬噸。6月美國液化天然氣進口增長51.6%，達到27.3萬噸。

上半年，馬來西亞、印度尼西亞、巴布亞新幾內亞和文萊等亞洲國家的進口量為990萬噸，下降了14.2%。7月份亞洲進口下降8.1%，至130萬噸。

6月份中東的液化天然氣進口量下降33.2%，至95.1萬噸，6個月的進口量下降24.8%，至700萬噸。

數據進一步顯示，6月俄羅斯液化天然氣進口量下降22.6%，至40.4萬噸，前6個月為300萬噸，降幅為11.8%。

王磊 摘譯自 世界天然氣

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.