石油设备网讯 据世界天然气网站6月19日报道，日本5月份液化天然气(LNG)进口量继4月份短暂增长后再次下降。
根据日本财政部发布的临时数据，本季度共有556万吨冷冻燃料进口到日本，比2018年5月进口的640万吨减少了13.1％。
5月液化天然气进口额约为27.8亿美元，同比下降13.7％。
数据显示，美国液化天然气进口下滑37.5%，至13.1万吨。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下降3.2%，达到137万吨。
从中东进口液化天然气79.3万吨，比2018年同期下降44.8%。从俄罗斯进口的液化天然气达到53.4万吨，比2018年5月增长12.2%。
数据显示，该国的发电煤炭进口量下降了9.4％，至790万吨。
李方征 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Japan’s LNG imports decline again in May
Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have declined again in May after a brief jump in April.
According to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, a total of 5.56 million tons of the chilled fuel were imported into Japan during the month under review, 13.1 percent below the 6.4 mtpa imported in May 2018.
The value of May LNG imports was about $2.78 billion, sliding 13.7 percent on year.
The data shows that imports of US LNG slipped by 37.5 percent, reaching 131,000 tonnes. imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Brunei dropped 3.2 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2018, reaching 1.37 million tonnes.
imports of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East reached 793,000 tonnes, 44.8 percent below the corresponding month in 2018. LNG imports from Russia reached 534,000 tonnes jumping 12.2 percent from May 2018.
The country’s coal imports for power generation dropped by 9.4 percent to 7.9 million tonnes, the data shows.
