France · Oil imports
France: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2017, France imported 57.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (17%), Kazakhstan (15%) and Iran (12%). Its refined-product imports were 36.6 million tonnes, most from Russia (15%), the United States (11%) and the Netherlands (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Crude oil, 2017
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- Nigeria
- Saudi Arabia
- Algeria
- Russia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2017
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:9,950 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:8,543 | |
| Iran | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:6,782 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:6,541 | |
| Nigeria | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:4,787 | |
| Algeria | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:4,490 | |
| Norway | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,828 | |
| Libya | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,581 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,728 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,613 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:883 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:769 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:655 | |
| Iraq | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:399 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:383 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:277 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:276 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:250 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:233 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:179 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:100 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:95 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:87 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:83 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:78 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:66 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:65 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Gabon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Jordan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Refined products, 2017
Calculated1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:18.09 Mt · Russia 20%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.47 Mt · Netherlands 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:4.57 Mt · United Arab Emirates 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.84 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oilshown below | Imports:3.58 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.78 Mt · Algeria 28%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.30 Mt · Algeria 37%months: 12 with imports |
Fuel oil
In 2017, France imported 3.6 million tonnes of fuel oil, most from Russia (27%), the Netherlands (27%) and Belgium (11%).
8% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of fuel oil imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Belgium
- Russia
- Canada
- Netherlands
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:980 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:972 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:379 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:218 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:172 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:101 | |
| Canada | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:86 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:64 | |
| Argentina | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:55 | |
| Brazil | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:55 | |
| SpainEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| Libya | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| British Virgin Islands | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| Peru | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Lebanon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Nigeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 8% | 285 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Year by year
CalculatedSelect a year to see its origins above.
| Year | Crude oilmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published | Refined productsmillion tonnes, seven product families · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|---|
| January–July 2026 | Crude oil:28.59 Mt · United States 28%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:14.82 Mt · United States 24%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:49.61 Mt · United States 24%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:30.11 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:47.02 Mt · United States 24%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.81 Mt · United States 12%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:47.95 Mt · United States 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.25 Mt · Belgium 14%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:43.56 Mt · United States 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.20 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:36.34 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.59 Mt · Russia 21%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:34.46 Mt · United States 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.81 Mt · Russia 19%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:50.47 Mt · Saudi Arabia 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.38 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:52.70 Mt · Russia 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.53 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:57.81 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.62 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:55.43 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.78 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:55.94 Mt · Saudi Arabia 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.73 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.