中国石化新闻网讯 据世界天然气网站4月19日消息 日本财政部发布的临时数据显示，3月份日本液化天然气进口量较去年同期下降8.1%。

数据显示，全球最大液化天然气买家日本上个月进口了729万吨液化天然气，而2018年3月进口了793万吨。

3月份进口液化天然气价值约39.8亿美元，同比增长7.5%。

数据显示，从美国进口的液化天然气增长53.4%，达到19.8万吨，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较2018年同期下降20.7%，为173万吨。

来自中东的液化天然气进口量达132万吨，比2018年同期下降26.7%。从俄罗斯进口的液化天然气达到52.4万吨，较2018年3月下滑19.8%。

数据显示，日本用于发电的煤炭进口量下降了3%，至958万吨。

王磊 摘译自 世界天然气

原文如下：

Japan’s March LNG imports slip

Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during the month of March dropped 8.1 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 7.29 million tonnes of LNG last month compared to 7.93 million tonnes in March 2018, the data shows.

The value of March LNG imports was about $3.98 billion, a rise of 7.5 percent on year.

The data shows that imports of US LNG jumped by 53.4 percent, reaching 198,000 tonnes, while imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Brunei declined 20.7 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2018, reaching 1.73 million tonnes.

Imports of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East reached 1.32 million tonnes, 26.7 percent below the corresponding month in 2018. LNG imports from Russia reached 524,000 tonnes slipping 19.8 percent from March 2018.

The country’s coal imports for power generation dropped by 3 percent to 9.58 million tonnes, the data shows.