The ten regional electric power companies in Japan consumed 4.37 million tonnes of LNG in April, down 4.2 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC).
The power companies bought 4.74 million tonnes of LNG in April, up 0.4 percent on year.
The companies consumed a record 55.79 million tonnes equivalent of LNG in the previous fiscal year that ended in March.
Power companies account for two-thirds of total Japanese LNG imports.
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LNG World News Staff, May 17, 2013; Image: TEPCO