据原油新闻2020年7月31日东京报道，由于国内炼油企业因新冠病毒疫情大流行导致国内成品油需求大幅下降而纷纷削减原油加工量，日本6月份原油进口量同比大幅下降31%，至每日191万桶，为54年来的最低水平。

日本经济产业省7月31日公布的初步统计数据显示，由于国内炼油企业把原油加工量同比减少了28%，至每日308万桶，日本6月份的原油进口量也比5月份下降了16.3%，为1966年以来的最低水平。

不过，日本炼油企业和其它进口商6月份增加了汽油和轻油等关键精制石油产品的进口，因为自5月25日解除紧急状态以来，日本国内有迹象显示精制石油产品需求出现复苏。

由于炼油企业开工率降低，加上国内车用燃料销售环比出现复苏，日本6月份连续第3个月成为汽油净进口国。

日本6月份平均每日进口汽油7.6508万桶，比去年同期的3.6607万桶增加了一倍多，比今年5月份增加了44.1%。

李峻 编译自 原油新闻

原文如下：

Japan crude imports hit 54-year low on pandemic, non-Mideast oil squeezed out

Japan's crude imports plunged 31% year on year to 1.91 million b/d in June, the lowest for the month in 54 years, as refiners slashed their crude throughput because of the plunge in domestic oil-product demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

June crude imports, which were the lowest for the month since 1966, also dropped 16.3% from May as refiners cut their crude throughput by 28% year on year to 2.08 million b/d, according to preliminary data released July 31 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Japanese refiners and other importers, however, boosted imports of key refined products such as gasoline and gasoil in June on signs of a recovery in demand since the lifting of the state of emergency on May 25.

Japan was a net importer of gasoline for the third consecutive month in June due to low refinery run rates combined with the month-on-month recovery in domestic motor fuel sales.

Japan imported an average of 76,508 b/d of gasoline in June, more than double the 36,607 b/d a year earlier and up 44.1% from May.