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 2021, France imported 36.3 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (14%), Nigeria (13%) and Kazakhstan (11%). Its refined-product imports were 39.6 million tonnes, most from Russia (21%), the Netherlands (11%) and Belgium (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
- 2021
- 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, 2021
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, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:5,166 | |
| Nigeria | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:4,645 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:4,142 | |
| Algeria | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:3,809 | |
| Libya | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:3,753 | |
| Russia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:3,437 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:2,610 | |
| Iraq | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:2,336 | |
| Norway | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:2,045 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:1,916 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:404 | |
| Chad | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:396 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:380 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:285 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:222 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:179 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:160 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:138 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:97 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brunei | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ukraine | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 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
- 2021
- 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, 2021
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:20.70 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.57 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.18 Mt · United Arab Emirates 23%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.98 Mt · Belgium 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.52 Mt · Belgium 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:2.54 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.10 Mt · Algeria 33%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2021, France imported 2.5 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Russia (23%), Spain (21%) and Algeria (16%).
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:582 | |
| SpainEU | Share:21% | Thousand tonnes:539 | |
| Algeria | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:420 | |
| United States | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:203 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:195 | |
| Libya | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:124 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:121 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:62 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:56 | |
| Tunisia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:38 | |
| PolandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| Israel | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Türkiye | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| Argentina | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:18 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Congo | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| South Korea | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Senegal | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Nigeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| New Caledonia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cameroon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Tanzania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mali | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Burkina Faso | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mauritania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.4% | 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
- 2021
- 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 |
| 2021shown below | 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
- 2021
- 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.