全球動態:亞洲減少進口伊朗石油

Iran is facing the loss of a chunk of its oil export revenues as some of its largest trading partners in Asia plan to reduce their imports because of the pressure of US and European sanctions.

伊朗正面臨着石油出口收入的大幅削減。在美國和歐洲的制裁壓力下，該國在亞洲的一些最大貿易伙伴計劃減少各自的進口。

India, the second biggest buyer of Iranian crude after China, plans to stop importing Iranian oil from next month to avoid losing insurance coverage for its refineries, according to Asia-based oil traders. Japan and South Korea, two other big buyers, are set to reduce further their imports from April.

亞洲石油交易商表示，僅次於中國的伊朗原油第二大買家印度，計劃從下個月開始停止從伊朗進口石油，以免該國煉油廠失去保險保護。另外兩個大買家，日本和韓國，也將從4月開始進一步減少進口。

The combination could force Iran, which depends on oil exports for half its revenues, to cut oil production, which has already fallen to its lowest level in nearly 25 years. The drop in production, exports and revenues has contributed to the sharp drop of the rial against the US dollar.

這些舉動加在一起，可能導致一半財政收入來自石油出口的伊朗被迫減少石油生產，而該國石油產量已經降到了近25年以來的最低點。產量、出口、以及收入的降低，已經導致里亞爾兌美元匯率的大幅下降。

In its first official calculation of the impact of sanctions, Tehran last month predicted a 40 per cent decline in its oil revenues in the next fiscal year, which begins on March 21.

在其首個官方計算的制裁影響中，上個月伊朗預計從3月21日開始的下一個財年裏石油收入將下降40%。

Iranian media said the oil exports in the budget would be between 0.9m barrels a day and 1.06m b/d, a dramatic fall from pre-sanctions levels of more than 2.5m b/d.

伊朗媒體指出，預算中石油出口將在每天90萬桶到106萬桶，遠低於制裁之前超過250萬桶的水平。

Iranian oil production has fallen well beyond the initial expectations of Washington and Brussels.

伊朗石油產量跌幅已遠超華盛頓和布魯塞爾最初的預期。

Industry executives cautioned New Delhi could still intervene and provide a sovereign guarantee to the insurers, in effect bypassing the impact of EU sanctions.

工業界高管告誡稱，新德里仍可能出手干預入，爲保險公司提供主權擔保，從而避開歐盟(EU)制裁的影響。