7年前,人们开始将日本的硫磺供应与中国的硫磺进口密切联系在一块,这是一个值得关注的市场。中国从日本进口的硫磺从1995年的30kt迅速提高到2001年的740kt和2002年上半年的730kt。日本的硫磺主要来源于石油炼制行业。因此,日本出口硫磺的数量在很大程度上受到国内石油炼制能力的限制,受到国内对石油产品和硫磺需求之间的平衡的限制,而这二者又取决于日本的经济 Seven years ago, people started to closely link Japan’s sulfur supply with China’s sulfur imports. This is a market that deserves attention. China’s sulfur imports from Japan increased rapidly from 30 kt in 1995 to 740 kt in 2001 and 730 kt in the first half of 2002. Japan’s sulfur comes mainly from the oil refining industry. As a result, the volume of Japan’s exports of sulfur is largely constrained by its domestic refining capacity, which is constrained by the domestic balance between the demand for petroleum products and sulfur, which in turn depends on Japan’s economy