4月巴西基础油产量增长5%

据《美洲润滑油周刊》6月8日消息，巴西一家政府机构上周公布的数据显示，4月份巴西基础油产量（主要是API I类）增长了5%，而进口量下降了近30%，今年迄今进口量不到去年同期的一半。

巴西国家石油、天然气和生物燃料署报告称，今年4月，巴西基础油产量上升至4.6万吨，而去年同期为4.4万吨。与3月份相比，4月份的产量增长了5%。

2022年前4个月，巴西基础油产量下降5%，至17.4万吨，低于去年同期的18.4万吨。

巴西4月份进口了5万吨基础油，较上年同期的6.8万吨减少了26%。与3月份的6.7万吨相比，4月份的进口量下降了25%。

今年前4个月，巴西进口了20.7万吨基础油，比去年1-4月的42.3万吨减少了51%。

巴西进口的大部分基础油（主要是API II类）都来自于美国生产商。在今年的大部分时间里，巴西的月度基础油产量和进口量与2019年疫情大流行前的趋势相似——除了3月份进口量激增至6.7万吨（为今年最高水平）之外。疫情开始后，在2020年和2021年的大部分时间里，国内产量下降，进口量增加，去年12月同比大幅下降。

庞晓华 摘译自 《美洲润滑油周刊》

原文如下：

Brazil base Oil Output Rises

Brazil’s base oil production – mainly API Group I – increased by 5% in April, while imports dropped by almost 30%, and year-to-date imports were less than half the volume in the same period last year, according to data released last week by a government agency.

Production rose to 46,000 metric tons in April, compared with 44,000 tons in the same month last year, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels reported. Sequentially, April’s total was up 5% from March’s production volume.

For the first four months of 2022, Brazil’s base oil production decreased 5% to 174,000 tons, down from 184,000 tons in the same period last year.

The country imported 50,000 tons of base oil in April, falling 26% from 68,000 tons a year earlier. Sequentially, April’s imports were down 25% from 67,000 tons in March.

The 207,000 tons imported through April this year was a 51% drop from 423,000 tons in the first four months of last year.

Brazil imports most of its base oil – primarily API Group II – from producers in the United States. For most of this year, Brazil’s monthly base oil production and import volumes were similar – aside from when imports ballooned to 67,000 tons in March, the highest this year – to the country’s trend in such monthly volumes before the COVID-19 pandemic. After the pandemic started, domestic production declined for much of 2020 and 2021, and import volumes increased before hitting a sharp year-on-year decline in December last year.