据世界天然气网站5月22日消息 日本4月进口的液化天然气在经历了几个月的下跌后，有所回升。
根据日本财政部发布的临时数据，日本共进口了562万吨冷冻燃料，比2018年4月进口的560万吨冷冻燃料高出0.3%。
4月份进口的液化天然气价值约为28.3亿美元，同比增长5.8%。
数据显示，进口的美国液化天然气量增长95.4%，达到13.8万吨，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量较2018年同期增长12.4%，达到147万吨。
从中东进口的液化天然气达94.5万吨，比2018年同期下降23.5%。从俄罗斯进口的液化天然气达到40.4万吨，较2018年4月下滑13.9%。
数据显示，该国用于发电的煤炭进口量下降了2.5%，至850万吨。
吴恒磊 编译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Japan’s LNG imports edge up in April
Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during the month of April have edged up after months of declines.
According to the provisional data released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, a total of 5.62 million tons of the chilled fuel were imported into Japan, 0.3 percent above the 5.6 mtpa imported in April 2018.
The value of April LNG imports was about $2.83 billion, a rise of 5.8 percent The data shows that imports of US LNG jumped by 95.4 percent, reaching 138,000 tonnes, while imports from Asian sources such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Brunei rose 12.4 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2018, reaching 1.47 million tonnes.
imports of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East reached 945,000 tonnes, 23.5 percent below the corresponding month in 2018. LNG imports from Russia reached 404,000 tonnes slipping 13.9 percent from April 2018.
The country’s coal imports for power generation dropped by 2.5 percent to 8.5 million tonnes, the data shows.