據世界天然氣網9月17日消息 日本8月液化天然氣進口連續第二個月下降，平均價格同比下降近45%。

這個全球最大的液化天然氣進口國上月共進口584萬噸液化天然氣，較上年同期下降4.3%。

不過，與上月11.5%的降幅相比，液化天然氣進口降幅較低，但與8月份發電用煤炭進口降幅也有所下降。

日本財務省公布的臨時數據顯示，日本上月進口煤炭790萬噸，同比下降11%。

此外，價格持續下跌，8月液化天然氣進口使日本損失約18.2億美元，同比下降近45%。

日本液化天然氣現貨價格上個月也大幅下跌，合同價格為3.4美元/每百萬英熱單位，到貨價格為2.6美元/每百萬英熱單位。

數據顯示，從上月的液化天然氣出貨量來看，來自馬來西亞和印尼等國的液化天然氣出貨量增加了10.7%，達到123萬噸。

來自卡塔爾等國的中東液化天然氣運輸量增長了13.2%，達到100萬噸。

此外，來自俄羅斯的發貨量增長2%，至59.5萬噸。美國的發貨量下降21.4%，至27.1萬噸。

1-8月，液化天然氣進口下降6.3%，至4824萬噸，成本約218.3億美元。

吳恒磊 編譯自 世界天然氣

原文如下：

Japan’s monthly LNG imports continue to decline

Japan’s LNG imports declined in August for the second straight month with average prices dropping nearly 45 percent year-on-year.

The world’s largest importer of LNG received 5.84 million tonnes of the fuel last month, down 4.3 percent from a year earlier.

However, the LNG import decline is lower compared to last month’s 11.5 percent but also compared to August coal imports for power generation that also dropped.

Japan imported 7.90 million tonnes of coal last month, down 11 percent year-on-year, according to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance.

Furthermore, prices continued to decline and August LNG imports cost Japan about $1.82 billion, down almost 45 percent year-on-year.

To remind, Japan’s spot LNG prices also dropped sharply last month with the contract-based price at $3.4 per mmBtu and arrival-based price at $2.6 per mmBtu.

Looking at last month’s LNG shipments, deliveries from Asia from countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia increased by 10.7 percent to 1.23 million tonnes, the ministry’s data shows.

Middle East LNG shipments from sources like Qatar increased by 13.2 percent to 1 million tonnes.

Additionally, shipments from Russia rose 2 percent to 595,000 tonnes while US deliveries declined 21.4 percent to 271,000 tonnes.

In the January-August period, LNG imports dropped 6.3 percent to 48.24 million tonnes with the costs reaching about $21.83 billion.