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 2023, France imported 47.9 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (19%), Nigeria (14%) and Kazakhstan (11%). Its refined-product imports were 33.3 million tonnes, most from Belgium (14%), Saudi Arabia (12%) 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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
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, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:9,076 | |
| Nigeria | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:6,536 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:5,454 | |
| Algeria | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:4,443 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:3,899 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,401 | |
| Iraq | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,368 | |
| Norway | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,291 | |
| Angola | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,171 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,084 | |
| Brazil | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:991 | |
| Guyana | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:965 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:926 | |
| Chad | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:670 | |
| Canada | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:387 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:352 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:311 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:229 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:163 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:125 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:52 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Suriname | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brunei | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Kuwait | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Niger | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ecuador | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | 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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
Calculated0.8% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:16.85 Mt · Saudi Arabia 22%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.56 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.64 Mt · Kuwait 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.96 Mt · Belgium 32%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.41 Mt · Belgium 35%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.94 Mt · Algeria 29%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.90 Mt · United States 38%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2023, France imported 16.8 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Saudi Arabia (22%), Belgium (14%) and Spain (10%).
1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Saudi Arabia
- Russia
- United States
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Spain
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:3,679 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:2,339 | |
| SpainEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:1,759 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:1,459 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:1,398 | |
| India | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:1,216 | |
| Kuwait | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:1,070 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:781 | |
| United States | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:761 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:591 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:278 | |
| China | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:250 | |
| Singapore | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:230 | |
| Qatar | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:225 | |
| Malaysia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:208 | |
| Gibraltar | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:81 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| Norway | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:63 | |
| Russia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:52 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:26 | |
| Oman | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Burkina Faso | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 192 |
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
- 2023
- 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 |
| 2023shown below | 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
- 2023
- 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.