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 2018, France imported 52.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Kazakhstan (15%), Saudi Arabia (15%) and Russia (14%). Its refined-product imports were 38.1 million tonnes, most from Russia (15%), Saudi Arabia (13%) and the United States (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
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, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:8,143 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:7,853 | |
| Russia | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:7,541 | |
| Nigeria | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:5,806 | |
| Algeria | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:4,823 | |
| Libya | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:4,643 | |
| Norway | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,234 | |
| Iran | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,200 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,602 | |
| Iraq | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,189 | |
| Angola | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,124 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,090 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:774 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:284 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:256 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:121 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:117 | |
| Canada | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:95 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:69 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:65 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 519 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
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:22.36 Mt · Saudi Arabia 20%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.36 Mt · Netherlands 31%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.74 Mt · United Arab Emirates 23%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:not publishedmonths: 12 not published |
| Fuel oil | Imports:3.41 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:2.02 Mt · Spain 22%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.18 Mt · Algeria 40%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2018, France imported 2.0 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Spain (22%), Algeria (18%) and Belgium (12%).
0.2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Algeria
- Belgium
- Spain
- Russia
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpainEU | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:435 | |
| Algeria | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:373 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:241 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:234 | |
| Russia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:181 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:108 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:99 | |
| Libya | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:52 | |
| PolandEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| Norway | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:18 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.2% | 5 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 2018shown below | 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
- 2018
- 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.