France · Oil imports
France: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
In 2024, France imported 44.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (23%), Kazakhstan (12%) and Nigeria (12%). Its refined-product imports were 34.7 million tonnes, most from the United States (12%), 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
- 2024
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
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; a month that is not published is a gap.
Crude oil, 2024
Calculated3% 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, 2024
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:10,103 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:5,396 | |
| Nigeria | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:5,305 | |
| Algeria | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:4,171 | |
| Iraq | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:3,716 | |
| Norway | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:3,516 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:3,347 | |
| Angola | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:2,719 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,378 | |
| Brazil | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,085 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:856 | |
| Canada | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:366 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:344 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:213 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:183 | |
| Niger | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:139 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:124 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:65 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:26 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 3% | 1,348 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2024
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
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; a month that is not published is a gap.
Refined products, 2024
Calculated1% 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:17.02 Mt · Saudi Arabia 22%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.73 Mt · Netherlands 50%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.89 Mt · Kuwait 35%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.37 Mt · Belgium 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.23 Mt · Belgium 29%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:2.70 Mt · Algeria 26%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.76 Mt · United States 43%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2024, France imported 17.0 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Saudi Arabia (22%), Spain (14%) and the United States (12%).
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 June 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:3,812 | |
| SpainEU | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:2,368 | |
| United States | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:2,098 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:1,697 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:1,565 | |
| India | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:1,519 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:1,010 | |
| Kuwait | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:634 | |
| Singapore | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:561 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:454 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:261 | |
| Oman | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:199 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:159 | |
| Malaysia | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:118 | |
| Qatar | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:118 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:52 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:39 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 235 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2024
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
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; a month that is not published is a gap.
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 |
| 2024shown below | 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
- 2024
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
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; a month that is not published is a gap.