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 2016, France imported 55.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Saudi Arabia (15%), Kazakhstan (13%) and Russia (11%). Its refined-product imports were 37.8 million tonnes, most from Russia (17%), the Netherlands (12%) and the United States (12%).
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
- 2016
- 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, 2016
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, 2016
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:8,207 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:7,189 | |
| Russia | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:6,162 | |
| Nigeria | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:5,890 | |
| Iran | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:4,525 | |
| Algeria | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,983 | |
| Norway | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,951 | |
| Angola | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,372 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,936 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,834 | |
| Libya | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,538 | |
| Mexico | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,127 | |
| Iraq | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:733 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:605 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:370 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:338 | |
| Chad | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:321 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:243 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:214 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:183 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:175 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:137 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:127 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:78 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:58 | |
| Colombia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Vietnam | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Georgia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bolivia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Senegal | 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
- 2016
- 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, 2016
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:18.72 Mt · Russia 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.22 Mt · Netherlands 59%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:4.73 Mt · United Arab Emirates 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:4.15 Mt · Germany 19%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.20 Mt · Netherlands 31%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:1.33 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.42 Mt · Algeria 34%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2016, France imported 1.3 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Russia (23%), Algeria (19%) and Spain (18%).
0.4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Algeria
- Russia
- Spain
- Belgium
- Italy
- United States
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:306 | |
| Algeria | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:258 | |
| SpainEU | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:240 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:143 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:93 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:73 | |
| United States | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:63 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:23 | |
| Brazil | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:18 | |
| Norway | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Iran | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Nigeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.4% | 5 |
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
- 2016
- 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 |
| 2017 | Crude oil:57.81 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.62 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016shown below | 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
- 2016
- 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.