Japan July crude import volume down 8.0%
Model of Oil barrels are seen in front of rising stock graph in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
TOKYO, Aug 21 : Japan's customs-cleared crude oil
imports fell 8.0 per cent in July from the same month a year
earlier, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.
Japan, the world's fourth-biggest crude buyer, imported 2.1
million barrels per day (10.336 million kilolitres) of crude oil
last month, the preliminary data showed.
Japan's imports of liquefied natural gas totalled 5.621
million tonnes last month, up 10.4 per cent from a year earlier.
Imports of thermal coal for power generation increased by 10.9 per cent
in July to 9.585 million tonnes, the data showed.
Following is a preliminary breakdown of energy imports for last month, with volumes of crude, oil products and gasoline/naphtha
in million kilolitres; LNG, LPG and coal in million tonnes; values in million yen.
July figures
Fuel Volume Yr/Yr (%) Value Yr/Yr (%)
Mineral Fuels n/a n/a 2,197,369 12.0
Crude Oil 10.336 -8.0 912,917 12.7
Oil Products n/a n/a 257,133 33.8
(Mogas/Naphtha) 2.28 -3.7 191,376 26.9
LNG 5.621 10.4 538,629 19.6
LPG 0.759 -11.9 75,239 21.1
Coal 14.833 5.5 409,942 -7.2
(Thermal Coal) 9.585 10.9 235,115 -7.9
