據《亞洲潤滑油周刊》12月31日消息，一份政府報告顯示，2021年11月日本成品潤滑油需求較上年同期下降逾10%，但較10月略有上升。當月潤滑油進口下降，出口略有上升。

日本經濟貿易產業省12月28日報告稱，該國11月的潤滑油消費量下降11%，至110599千升，或9.9萬噸，低于2020年11月的124191千升。不過比2021年10月份的107057千升上升了3%。

2021年11月日本的潤滑油產量(包括出口)同比下降3%至145128千升，不過比10月份的145046千升小幅上升。11月的潤滑油產量是2021年第三低的一個月，僅次于10月和5月(138472千升)。2021年日本潤滑油產量的最高值是在3月份達到的202110千升。

2021年11月日本進口潤滑油量為21704千升，較去年同期的27587千升下降21%。2021年10月和9月日本潤滑油進口量強勁增長，兩個月的進口量均超過28000千升。11月日本潤滑油出口量同比微增3%至53885千升，不過比10月份的41043千升增長了31%。

張春曉 摘譯自 《亞洲潤滑油周刊》

原文如下：

Japan Demand Fell in November

Japan’s finished lubricant demand dropped by more than 10% in November, compared to the same month last year, but was up a bit from October, according to a government report. Lubricant imports were lower and exports slightly higher for the month.

The country’s lubricant consumption declined 11% to 110,599 kiloliters, or 99,000 metric tons, in November, down from 124,191 kL in November 2020, the country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry reported on Dec. 28. That was up though by 3% from 107,057 kL in October. 

Japan’s production of lubricants, which includes exports, decreased 3% to 145,128 kL. Sequentially, production was up slightly from 145,046 kL in October. The November lubricant production volume was the third-lowest for a month this year, behind October and May (138,472 kL). The high point this year of 202,110 kL occurred in March.

imported lubricant volumes were 21,704, a 21% decline from 27,587 kL. This had followed strong increases in imports in October and September, when volumes exceeded 28,000 kL in both months. Export volumes edged up 3% to 53,885 kL in November. Sequentially, this represented a 31% jump from 41,043 kL in October.