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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 January–June 2026, France imported 22.7 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (28%), Kazakhstan (15%) and Nigeria (11%). Its refined-product imports were 13.8 million tonnes, most from the United States (24%), Saudi Arabia (14%) and the Netherlands (10%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2026
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, January–June 2026

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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 June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Kazakhstan 20.0%United States 23.0%Nigeria 10.1%Other origins 25.6%
  • Kazakhstan
  • United States
  • Nigeria
  • Algeria
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Norway
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, January–June 2026

Crude oil imports of France in January–June 2026 by origin (by country of production).
United StatesShare:28%Thousand tonnes:6,327
KazakhstanShare:15%Thousand tonnes:3,479
NigeriaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:2,544
NorwayShare:8%Thousand tonnes:1,761
AlgeriaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:1,728
LibyaShare:7%Thousand tonnes:1,530
AngolaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:919
IraqShare:4%Thousand tonnes:832
BrazilShare:4%Thousand tonnes:801
Saudi ArabiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:721
CanadaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:667
United KingdomShare:2%Thousand tonnes:513
Democratic Republic of the CongoShare:1%Thousand tonnes:243
AzerbaijanShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:170
EgyptShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:65
ItalyEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:31
MexicoShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:30
CongoShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:28
GuyanaShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:25
Cannot be traced to a named country1%259
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2026
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, January–June 2026

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1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:6.31 Mt · United States 32%months: 6 with imports
PetrolImports:0.94 Mt · Netherlands 65%months: 6 with imports
Jet fuelImports:2.56 Mt · Kuwait 19%months: 6 with imports
Heating and other gasoilshown belowImports:0.74 Mt · Netherlands 21%months: 6 with imports
Fuel oilImports:0.46 Mt · Algeria 46%months: 6 with imports
NaphthaImports:1.12 Mt · Algeria 33%months: 6 with imports
LPGImports:1.71 Mt · United States 37%months: 6 with imports

Heating and other gasoil

In January–June 2026, France imported 744 thousand tonnes of heating and other gasoil, most from the Netherlands (21%), the United States (14%) and Belgium (12%).

2% 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

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Apr 2023Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Netherlands 18.8%United States 22.2%Other origins 44.4%
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Germany
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Heating and other gasoil imports of France in January–June 2026 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
NetherlandsEUShare:21%Thousand tonnes:154
United StatesShare:14%Thousand tonnes:101
BelgiumEUShare:12%Thousand tonnes:86
SwedenEUShare:10%Thousand tonnes:78
IrelandEUShare:8%Thousand tonnes:59
ItalyEUShare:7%Thousand tonnes:54
SingaporeShare:5%Thousand tonnes:38
MexicoShare:4%Thousand tonnes:33
SpainEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:28
KuwaitShare:2%Thousand tonnes:16
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:16
GermanyEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:14
Saudi ArabiaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:14
United Arab EmiratesShare:2%Thousand tonnes:12
BahrainShare:1%Thousand tonnes:10
OmanShare:1%Thousand tonnes:9
BrazilShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:5
NigeriaShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:2
SwitzerlandShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:1
Cannot be traced to a named country2%14
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2026
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

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–June 2026shown belowCrude oil:22.67 Mt · United States 28%months: 6 with importsRefined products:13.83 Mt · United States 24%months: 6 with imports
2025Crude oil:45.64 Mt · United States 22%months: 12 with importsRefined products:30.32 Mt · Saudi Arabia 16%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:44.58 Mt · United States 23%months: 12 with importsRefined products:34.69 Mt · United States 12%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:45.51 Mt · United States 17%months: 12 with importsRefined products:33.51 Mt · Belgium 13%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:40.82 Mt · United States 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:37.10 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:33.83 Mt · Kazakhstan 13%months: 12 with importsRefined products:40.50 Mt · Russia 20%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:33.08 Mt · Kazakhstan 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:39.74 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:48.34 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:39.88 Mt · Russia 14%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:52.55 Mt · Kazakhstan 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:38.06 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:56.88 Mt · Kazakhstan 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:36.56 Mt · Russia 15%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:54.24 Mt · Saudi Arabia 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:35.20 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:56.74 Mt · Saudi Arabia 19%months: 12 with importsRefined 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
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2026
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.