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Where does France get its crude oil? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $29.2 billion of crude oil (46.5 million tonnes), 2.2% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (25%), Nigeria (14%) and Kazakhstan (11%). France was the world’s 12th-largest importer of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$29.2billion
Tonnes
46.5million tonnes
Share of world total
2.2%
World rank
12th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States7.3Tonnes: 11,198,339USD per tonne: $65024.9%Sea
Nigeria4.2Tonnes: 6,403,291USD per tonne: $65914.4%Sea
Kazakhstan3.3Tonnes: 5,311,896USD per tonne: $62511.4%Sea
Algeria2.7Tonnes: 4,124,766USD per tonne: $6549.2%Sea
Libya2.1Tonnes: 3,277,316USD per tonne: $6477.3%Sea
Norway2.1Tonnes: 3,149,202USD per tonne: $6667.2%Sea
Iraq2.1Tonnes: 3,755,615USD per tonne: $5517.1%Sea
Angola1.7Tonnes: 2,515,836USD per tonne: $6575.7%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.86Tonnes: 1,352,410USD per tonne: $6362.9%Sea
Chad0.64Tonnes: 1,128,104USD per tonne: $5662.2%Sea
Brazil0.59Tonnes: 1,046,806USD per tonne: $5622%Sea
United Kingdom0.56Tonnes: 884,479USD per tonne: $6361.9%Sea
Canada0.21Tonnes: 356,406USD per tonne: $5860.71%Sea
Spain0.15Tonnes: 506,553USD per tonne: $3000.52%Land
United Arab Emirates0.14Tonnes: 213,240USD per tonne: $6370.46%Sea
Cameroon0.1Tonnes: 182,248USD per tonne: $5360.33%Sea
Equatorial Guinea0.09Tonnes: 145,743USD per tonne: $6260.31%Sea
Guyana0.09Tonnes: 264,906USD per tonne: $3370.31%Sea
Azerbaijan0.09Tonnes: 173,672USD per tonne: $5080.3%Sea
Niger0.08Tonnes: 137,592USD per tonne: $5500.26%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2020

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 7.3
  • Nigeria 4.2
  • Kazakhstan 3.3
  • Algeria 2.7
  • Libya 2.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States07.3
Nigeria0.734.2
Kazakhstan03.3
Algeria0.472.7
Libya0.192.1

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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