中国石化新闻网讯 据国外媒体2月29日东京报道，日本政府29日在东京公布的统计数据显示，科威特1月份出口日本的原油数量比去年同期增加了4.4%，达到了826万桶或26.6万桶/天，这是日本从科威特进口原油数量在过去的两个月里首次增加。

日本自然资源和能源机构29日在一份初步报告中说，作为日本第4大原油供应国，科威特1月份出口日本的原油数量在日本当月原油总进口量中所占比例增加到了7.8%。

沙特阿拉伯1月份依然是日本最大原油供应国，日本1月份平均每天从沙特阿拉伯进口了132万桶原油，同比增加了24.8%。

阿联酋、卡塔尔和俄罗斯1月份分别是日本第二、第三和第五大原油供应国。这3个国家1月份平均每天向日本出口了85.4万桶、27.8万桶和21.1万桶原油。

日本是世界上第三大石油消费国，仅次于美国和中国。

李峻 编译

原文如下：

Kuwaits crude exports to Japan up 4.4 percent in January

MENAFN - Emirates News Agency (WAM)

29/02/2016

TOKYO

Kuwait's crude oil exports to Japan grew 4.4 percent in January from a year earlier to 8.26 million barrels or 266000 barrels per day (bpd) for the first increase in two months government data showed Monday.

As Japan's fourth-biggest oil provider Kuwait supplied 7.8 percent of the Asian nation's total crude imports the Japanese Natural Resources and Energy Agency said in a preliminary report carried by KUNA.

Saudi Arabia remained Japan's No.1 oil supplier with imports from the kingdom surging 24.8 percent from a year earlier to 1.32 million bpd followed by the United Arab Emirates with 854000 bpd down 2.1 percent.Qatar ranked third with 278000 bpd and Russia fifth with 211000 bpd respectively.

Japan is the world's-third biggest oil consumer after the US and China.