據阿格斯網站8月31日消息：由于日本煉油商提高了開工率，7月該國原油進口量較6月有所增加。

日本經濟產業省(Meti)今天公布的數據顯示，日本7月原油進口量增加13％，至約200萬桶/天。從7月4日當周至8月1日當周，原油進口量平均上漲59.6％，而前四周為58.2%，但總體進口仍比去年同期下降31.9%。

從沙特阿拉伯進口的原油與去年同期相比下降8.7％，至約92.9萬桶/天，而從阿聯酋的進口下降22％，至約71.1萬桶/天。日本從卡塔爾進口16萬桶/天，比2019年7月下降46.5％，從科威特進口14.2萬桶/天，下降34.8％。巴林的交貨量也下降24.8％，至4.7萬桶/天。

7月，從俄羅斯的進口量下降85.3％，至2.4萬桶/天。但是來自馬來西亞和阿爾及利亞的石油進口量同比分別增長53.8%和66.4%，分別達到3萬桶/天和1.7萬桶/天。同時也增加了從澳大利亞的原油進口，漲幅10.8%，達到每天8000桶。

根據Meti數據，該國燃料總銷量仍比去年同期下降8.4％，但在7月繼續回升，比6月份增長7.6％。輕油和汽油的消費量分別增長8.2％和3.1％，分別達到約81.9萬桶/天和53.6萬桶/天。

馮娟 摘譯自 阿格斯

原文如下:

Japan’s crude imports pick up in July

Japan's crude imports in July increased from June as Japanese refiners increased run rates.

Japan's crude imports in July increased by 13pc to around 2mn b/d, according to data released today by the industry ministry (Meti). Imports rose on higher crude runs that averaged 59.6pc over the month, from the week to 4 July to the week to 1 August, compared with 58.2pc in the previous four weeks. But overall imports were still lower by 31.9pc from a year earlier.

Crude imports from Saudi Arabia fell by 8.7pc from a year earlier to around 929,000 b/d in July while imports from the UAE dropped by 22pc to around 711,000 b/d. Japan imported 160,000 b/d from Qatar, down by 46.5pc from July 2019, and 142,000 b/d from Kuwait that was down by 34.8pc. Deliveries from Bahrain also dropped by 24.8pc to 47,000 b/d.

Imports from Russia declined by 85.3pc to 24,000 b/d in July. There were no imports from the US over the month after Japan purchased 110,000 b/d in July 2019.

But purchases from Malaysia and Algeria rose by 53.8pc to 30,000 b/d and by 66.4pc to 17,000 b/d from a year earlier, respectively. Japan also increased its crude imports from Australia, up by 10.8pc to 8,000 b/d in July.

The country's total fuel sales were still lower by 8.4pc from a year earlier but continued to recover in July, up by 7.6pc from June, according to Meti. Consumption of gasoline and gasoil increased by 8.2pc to around 819,000 b/d and by 3.1pc to around 536,000 b/d, respectively.