日本LNG进口量持续下降

据世界天然气网9月17日消息 日本8月液化天然气进口连续第二个月下降，平均价格同比下降近45%。

这个全球最大的液化天然气进口国上月共进口584万吨液化天然气，较上年同期下降4.3%。

不过，与上月11.5%的降幅相比，液化天然气进口降幅较低，但与8月份发电用煤炭进口降幅也有所下降。

日本财务省公布的临时数据显示，日本上月进口煤炭790万吨，同比下降11%。

此外，价格持续下跌，8月液化天然气进口使日本损失约18.2亿美元，同比下降近45%。

日本液化天然气现货价格上个月也大幅下跌，合同价格为3.4美元/每百万英热单位，到货价格为2.6美元/每百万英热单位。

数据显示，从上月的液化天然气出货量来看，来自马来西亚和印尼等国的液化天然气出货量增加了10.7%，达到123万吨。

来自卡塔尔等国的中东液化天然气运输量增长了13.2%，达到100万吨。

此外，来自俄罗斯的发货量增长2%，至59.5万吨。美国的发货量下降21.4%，至27.1万吨。

1-8月，液化天然气进口下降6.3%，至4824万吨，成本约218.3亿美元。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japan’s monthly LNG imports continue to decline

Japan’s LNG imports declined in August for the second straight month with average prices dropping nearly 45 percent year-on-year.

The world’s largest importer of LNG received 5.84 million tonnes of the fuel last month, down 4.3 percent from a year earlier.

However, the LNG import decline is lower compared to last month’s 11.5 percent but also compared to August coal imports for power generation that also dropped.

Japan imported 7.90 million tonnes of coal last month, down 11 percent year-on-year, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

Furthermore, prices continued to decline and August LNG imports cost Japan about $1.82 billion, down almost 45 percent year-on-year.

To remind, Japan’s spot LNG prices also dropped sharply last month with the contract-based price at $3.4 per mmBtu and arrival-based price at $2.6 per mmBtu.

Looking at last month’s LNG shipments, deliveries from Asia from countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia increased by 10.7 percent to 1.23 million tonnes, the ministry’s data shows.

Middle East LNG shipments from sources like Qatar increased by 13.2 percent to 1 million tonnes.

Additionally, shipments from Russia rose 2 percent to 595,000 tonnes while US deliveries declined 21.4 percent to 271,000 tonnes.

In the January-August period, LNG imports dropped 6.3 percent to 48.24 million tonnes with the costs reaching about $21.83 billion.