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Where does France get its liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane)? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $1.4 billion of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane) (2.7 million tonnes), 1.7% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (47%), Algeria (22%) and the United Kingdom (14%). France was the world’s 12th-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas (propane and butane).

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
2.7million tonnes
Share of world total
1.7%
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 millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States665Tonnes: 1,180,360USD per tonne: $56346.9%Sea
Algeria311Tonnes: 830,880USD per tonne: $37522%Sea
United Kingdom199Tonnes: 328,220USD per tonne: $60514%Sea
Norway88.3Tonnes: 149,141USD per tonne: $5926.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports52.2Tonnes: 70,990USD per tonne: $7363.7%Land
Netherlands re-exports42.5Tonnes: 59,252USD per tonne: $7163%Sea
Sweden16.3Tonnes: 29,500USD per tonne: $5521.2%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago15.5Tonnes: 16,503USD per tonne: $9371.1%Sea
Germany9.7Tonnes: 12,718USD per tonne: $7610.68%Land
Libya6.7Tonnes: 11,216USD per tonne: $5970.47%Sea
Italy5.1Tonnes: 1,550USD per tonne: $3,2810.36%Land
Spain2.9Tonnes: 5,065USD per tonne: $5720.2%Land
South Korea2.3Tonnes: 606USD per tonne: $3,8470.16%Sea
Poland0.18Tonnes: 59USD per tonne: $2,9500.01%Sea
Greece0.14Tonnes: 54USD per tonne: $2,5290.01%Sea
Luxembourg0.12Tonnes: 111USD per tonne: $1,1230.01%Land
Albania0.12Tonnes: 40USD per tonne: $3,0190.01%Sea
China0.12Tonnes: 37USD per tonne: $3,1670.01%Sea
Switzerland0.1Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $11,1110.01%Land
Turkey0.09Tonnes: 23USD per tonne: $4,0400.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2021

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

  • United States 665
  • Algeria 311
  • United Kingdom 199
  • Norway 88.3
  • Belgium 52.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States2665
Algeria42.2311
United Kingdom161199
Norway53.188.3
Belgium13.352.2

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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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