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 2020, France imported 34.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (15%), Kazakhstan (15%) and Saudi Arabia (12%). Its refined-product imports were 37.8 million tonnes, most from Russia (19%), Belgium (11%) and Saudi Arabia (10%).
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
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share 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, 2020
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:5,133 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:5,125 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:4,174 | |
| Nigeria | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:3,912 | |
| Algeria | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:3,649 | |
| Russia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:3,161 | |
| Norway | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:2,348 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,348 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,206 | |
| Libya | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,161 | |
| Iraq | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:955 | |
| Chad | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:943 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:361 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:253 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:138 | |
| Guyana | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:138 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:132 | |
| Argentina | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:111 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:87 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:64 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cameroon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Gabon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | <0.1% | 31 |
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
- 2020
- 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, 2020
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:19.90 Mt · Russia 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.37 Mt · Netherlands 35%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:4.22 Mt · United Arab Emirates 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:4.90 Mt · Belgium 31%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:2.03 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:2.52 Mt · Russia 22%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.89 Mt · Algeria 37%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2020, France imported 4.2 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the United Arab Emirates (26%), Singapore (10%) and India (9%).
0.7% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Kuwait
- United Arab Emirates
- India
- South Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | Share:26% | Thousand tonnes:1,085 | |
| Singapore | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:415 | |
| India | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:378 | |
| Kuwait | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:339 | |
| South Korea | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:332 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:310 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:232 | |
| Bahrain | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:221 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:166 | |
| China | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:119 | |
| Malaysia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:111 | |
| Qatar | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:110 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:92 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:68 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| SpainEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| Libya | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Seychelles | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Russia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Niger | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Burkina Faso | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| New Caledonia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.7% | 30 |
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
- 2020
- 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 |
| 2020shown below | 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
- 2020
- 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.