Japan Crude Oil Imports and Refinery Runs

Name: Japan Crude Oil Imports and Refinery Runs
Creator: Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ) – Petroleum Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Monthly crude oil balance of Japan compiled by the Petroleum Association of Japan since 2002: domestic production, imports, shipments, crude runs (total and per day), refining capacity, refinery utilization rate and end-of-month stocks.

Source: Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ) – Petroleum StatisticsLast updated: Sep 22, 2026, 14:58Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023
Domestic production	27,760	27,016	27,237	28,362	30,894	29,618	32,590	33,380	29,581	27,337	27,295	30,433	31,858	30,174	28,118	31,248	32,918	30,328	34,733	33,753	30,838	28,096	29,081	31,642	31,279	32,472	32,491	32,978	33,820	34,054	34,927	34,753	33,251	32,120	30,312	32,370	32,417
Imports	11,719,259	10,031,150	7,290,703	4,070,061	10,386,008	11,767,561	12,133,945	14,731,755	11,589,950	11,726,128	11,236,734	10,930,474	10,017,110	9,474,261	11,843,207	11,868,419	12,444,198	10,700,327	13,173,054	12,517,444	11,298,459	10,560,374	11,567,254	11,137,837	10,050,845	9,927,637	10,401,717	12,514,358	11,808,409	11,278,671	11,974,244	13,099,551	12,364,197	11,374,575	12,436,301	12,310,235	11,525,824
Shipments for non-refining use	4,076	5,210	10,664	8,432	4,532	4,308	3,998	1,677	1,071	0	7,012	18,981	2,511	210	1,448	1,049	1,678	1,846	2,217	49,506	2,955	974	1,414	1,748	3,744	0	782	3,646	2,964	4,548	5,002	10,869	11,514	15,535	18,503	6,364	13,757
Crude runs	11,834,876	10,347,205	10,979,385	10,402,187	11,110,906	11,709,449	13,420,252	13,578,218	11,538,570	11,612,775	11,036,405	11,766,196	10,704,340	9,890,093	10,655,111	12,058,543	11,579,202	10,492,757	12,460,336	12,794,140	11,648,643	11,484,896	11,265,475	10,893,214	9,543,405	9,658,135	11,388,630	11,694,292	12,360,668	11,368,927	12,793,537	13,223,855	11,745,933	11,997,668	12,010,819	13,523,100	11,670,443
Crude runs per day	2,401,335	2,169,464	2,227,753	2,180,992	2,254,439	2,630,444	2,723,012	2,755,064	2,419,254	2,356,270	2,313,966	2,387,399	2,171,945	2,073,623	2,161,956	2,528,275	2,349,457	2,357,123	2,528,242	2,595,972	2,442,332	2,330,322	2,361,995	2,210,268	1,936,388	2,024,989	2,310,790	2,451,903	2,508,019	2,465,881	2,595,850	2,683,163	2,462,731	2,434,366	2,518,268	2,743,881	2,367,971
Refining capacity	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,110,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,230,400	3,295,110	3,330,700	3,330,700	3,330,700
Refinery utilization rate	77.2	69.7	71.6	70.1	72.5	84.6	87.5	88.6	77.8	75.8	74.4	76.8	69.8	66.7	69.5	81.3	75.5	75.8	81.3	83.5	78.5	74.9	75.9	71.1	62.3	62.7	71.5	75.9	77.6	76.3	80.4	83.1	76.2	73.9	75.6	82.4	71.1
End-of-month stocks	11,526,591	11,060,676	10,180,362	8,761,092	9,404,305	9,978,802	9,913,808	11,326,408	10,791,453	10,603,518	10,604,894	10,372,858	11,294,183	11,995,637	12,403,365	11,229,870	11,382,081	10,499,862	10,289,708	9,564,801	9,885,869	10,227,890	11,148,587	10,856,992	10,609,452	10,099,548	9,823,932	10,801,327	9,978,300	10,518,649	10,600,600	11,404,745	11,534,592	10,911,732	11,532,226	11,119,224	12,347,748

Latest reading

Crude runs stood at 11,834,876 kl in Jul 2026. That is +14.4% from Jun 2026 and +10.6% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2002 to Jul 2026. Source: Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ) – Petroleum Statistics.

Latest: 11,834,876 kl; Jul 2026
vs previous period: +14.4%; Jun 2026
vs a year earlier: +10.6%