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 2025, France imported 45.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (22%), Kazakhstan (15%) and Nigeria (12%). Its refined-product imports were 30.3 million tonnes, most from Saudi Arabia (16%), the United States (13%) and the Netherlands (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2025
- 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, 2025
Calculated1% 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, 2025
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:10,066 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:6,815 | |
| Nigeria | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:5,468 | |
| Norway | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:4,400 | |
| Libya | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:4,332 | |
| Algeria | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:4,265 | |
| Iraq | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,376 | |
| Brazil | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,655 | |
| Angola | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,309 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,117 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:501 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:376 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:352 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:269 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:257 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:224 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:174 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:135 | |
| Guyana | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:48 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 473 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2025
- 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, 2025
Calculated3% 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:13.58 Mt · Saudi Arabia 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.25 Mt · Netherlands 56%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:6.22 Mt · Kuwait 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.50 Mt · Netherlands 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.14 Mt · Belgium 27%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published |
| Naphtha | Imports:2.45 Mt · Algeria 29%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.19 Mt · United States 43%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2025, France imported 6.2 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from Kuwait (44%), the United Arab Emirates (10%) and India (9%).
<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Kuwait
- United Arab Emirates
- India
- South Korea
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | Share:44% | Thousand tonnes:2,730 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:629 | |
| India | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:581 | |
| South Korea | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:458 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:357 | |
| China | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:257 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:209 | |
| Singapore | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:184 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:177 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:156 | |
| Nigeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:101 | |
| Oman | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:99 | |
| SpainEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:95 | |
| Libya | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:48 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:38 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Malaysia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | <0.1% | 6 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2025
- 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 |
| 2025shown below | 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 |
| 2023 | 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
- 2025
- 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.