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 January–July 2026, France imported 28.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (28%), Kazakhstan (16%) and Nigeria (12%). Its refined-product imports were 14.8 million tonnes, most from the United States (24%), Saudi Arabia (13%) and the Netherlands (9%).
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
- 2026
- 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, January–July 2026
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, January–July 2026
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:28% | Thousand tonnes:8,103 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:4,491 | |
| Nigeria | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:3,460 | |
| Norway | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:2,395 | |
| Libya | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:1,772 | |
| Algeria | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:1,712 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,052 | |
| Brazil | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:953 | |
| Canada | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:767 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:720 | |
| Iraq | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:656 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:619 | |
| Congo | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:446 | |
| Chad | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:390 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:354 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:260 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:142 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:81 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:69 | |
| Syria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:67 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:28 | |
| Guyana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Gabon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | 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
- 2026
- 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, January–July 2026
Calculated2% 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:6.94 Mt · United States 31%months: 7 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.02 Mt · Netherlands 61%months: 7 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:3.13 Mt · Kuwait 18%months: 7 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.83 Mt · Netherlands 23%months: 7 with imports |
| Fuel oilshown below | Imports:0.50 Mt · Algeria 42%months: 7 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.71 Mt · Algeria 34%months: 7 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.69 Mt · United States 44%months: 7 with imports |
Fuel oil
In January–July 2026, France imported 503 thousand tonnes of fuel oil, most from Algeria (42%), Brazil (12%) and Kazakhstan (9%).
5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Share:42% | Thousand tonnes:212 | |
| Brazil | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:47 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:43 | |
| Argentina | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| Canada | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:22 | |
| Tunisia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:19 | |
| Peru | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| Chile | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| SpainEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Angola | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 5% | 27 |
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
- 2026
- 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 2026shown below | 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 |
| 2017 | 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
- 2026
- 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.