據石化新聞2020年3月30日東京報道，疫情影響和日本政府呼吁公眾自覺抑制休閑活動，使日本3月份國內汽油需求降到了1990年以來的最低水平。

上周末，東京及神奈川縣、千葉縣等四個相鄰縣的主管呼吁公眾留在家中，以遏制COVID-19疫情的蔓延。在這種呼聲日益高漲的情況下，當地交易商說，他們預計未來幾周東京都會區的汽油需求量將會下降。

日本最大的煉油企業新日本石油和能源公司(JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy)周一說，日本3月份國內汽油需求量預計為377萬千升或76.4921萬桶/天，比去年同期下降8%。JXTG把汽油需求的下降歸因于疫情的傳播導致休閑活動的急劇下降，以及日本對汽車燃料需求的普遍下降趨勢。

日本經濟產業省日前公布的統計數據顯示，日本3月份國內汽油需求量將創下1990年國內銷售369萬千升汽油以來的最低水平。

李峻 編譯自 石化新聞

原文如下：

Japan's March gasoline demand estimated at the lowest since 1990

The coronavirus pandemic and the government's call for the public to voluntarily restrain from leisure activity have slashed Japan's domestic gasoline demand in March to the lowest for the month since 1990.

Amid heightened calls to stay home, as part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, during the last weekend by governors of Tokyo and four adjacent prefectures, including Kanagawa and Chiba, local traders said they expect gasoline demand in the metropolitan area to fall in the coming weekends.

Japan's gasoline demand is estimated at 3.77 million kl, or 764,921 b/d, in March, down 8% from a year ago, the country's largest refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy said Monday. JXTG attributed the drop in gasoline demand to a sharp decline in leisure activity as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, in addition to the prevailing downtrend in demand for the motor fuel in Japan.

The March gasoline demand would be the lowest since domestic sales of 3.69 million kl was recorded in 1990, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry data.