France · Oil imports
France: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
In 2023, France imported 45.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (17%), Nigeria (12%) and Kazakhstan (12%). Its refined-product imports were 33.5 million tonnes, most from Belgium (13%), Saudi Arabia (12%) and the Netherlands (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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
Calculated4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- Nigeria
- Algeria
- Saudi Arabia
- Norway
- 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:17% | Thousand tonnes:7,592 | |
| Nigeria | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:5,640 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:5,470 | |
| Algeria | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:4,392 | |
| Libya | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:3,982 | |
| Iraq | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:3,473 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:3,419 | |
| Norway | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,283 | |
| Angola | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,171 | |
| Brazil | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,003 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:935 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:926 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:353 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:323 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:310 | |
| Canada | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:292 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:163 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:126 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 4% | 1,602 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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
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:16.48 Mt · Saudi Arabia 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.55 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.50 Mt · Kuwait 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoilshown below | Imports:2.79 Mt · Belgium 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.39 Mt · Belgium 32%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.89 Mt · Algeria 34%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.92 Mt · United States 37%months: 12 with imports |
Heating and other gasoil
In 2023, France imported 2.8 million tonnes of heating and other gasoil, most from Belgium (28%), Spain (18%) and the Netherlands (15%).
4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of heating and other gasoil imports by origin, March 2020 to June 2026
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Russia
- United States
- Germany
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelgiumEU | Share:28% | Thousand tonnes:793 | |
| SpainEU | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:505 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:409 | |
| United States | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:262 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:221 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:102 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:101 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:89 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:45 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:39 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| Bahrain | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:14 | |
| Russia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Oman | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 4% | 115 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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–June 2026 | Crude oil:22.67 Mt · United States 28%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:13.83 Mt · United States 24%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:45.64 Mt · United States 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:30.32 Mt · Saudi Arabia 16%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:44.58 Mt · United States 23%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.69 Mt · United States 12%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023shown below | Crude oil:45.51 Mt · United States 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.51 Mt · Belgium 13%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:40.82 Mt · United States 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.10 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:33.83 Mt · Kazakhstan 13%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:40.50 Mt · Russia 20%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:33.08 Mt · Kazakhstan 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.74 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:48.34 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.88 Mt · Russia 14%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:52.55 Mt · Kazakhstan 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:38.06 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:56.88 Mt · Kazakhstan 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.56 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:54.24 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:35.20 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:56.74 Mt · Saudi Arabia 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.89 Mt · Russia 19%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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.