中国石化新闻网讯 据世界天然气网站3月19日消息 日本财政部发布的临时数据显示，2月份日本液化天然气口量同比下降11.4%。

数据显示，全球最大的液化天然气买家日本上月进口了735万吨液化天然气，而2018年2月进口了829万吨。

1月份进口液化天然气价值约41.8亿美元，同比增长8.6%。

数据显示，进口来自美国的液化天然气猛增139.6%，达到33.5万吨，而马来西亚、印度尼西亚、巴布亚新几内亚和文莱等亚洲来源国的进口量较2018年同期下降20%，至204万吨。

从中东进口的液化天然气达到155万吨，比2018年同期增长1.8%。俄罗斯的液化天然气进口量达到60.4万吨，较2018年2月下滑15%。

数据显示，日本用于发电的煤炭进口量下降了2.2%，至924万吨。

吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japan’s February LNG imports slide

Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during the month of February dropped 11.4 percent compared to the same month a year ago, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

Japan, the world’s top LNG buyer, imported 7.35 million tonnes of LNG last month compared to 8.29 million tonnes in February 2018, the data shows.

The value of January LNG imports was about $4.18 billion, a rise of 8.6 percent on year.

The data shows that imports of US LNG rocketed by 139.6 percent, reaching 335,000 tonnes, while imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Brunei declined 20 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2018, reaching 2.04 million tonnes.

Imports of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East reached 1.55 million tonnes, 1.8 percent above the corresponding month in 2018. LNG imports from Russia reached 604,000 slipping 15 percent over February 2018.

The country’s coal imports for power generation dropped by 2.2 percent to 9.24 million tonnes, the data shows.