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Where does France get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, France imported $34.6 billion of refined petroleum products (37.6 million tonnes), 4% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (14%), Belgium (13%) and Kuwait (11%). France was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$34.6billion
Tonnes
37.6million tonnes
Share of world total
4%
World rank
3rd
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
Netherlands re-exports4.9Tonnes: 5,526,932USD per tonne: $88414.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports4.6Tonnes: 4,706,119USD per tonne: $97813.3%Sea
Kuwait3.8Tonnes: 4,721,452USD per tonne: $79410.8%Sea
Saudi Arabia3.3Tonnes: 4,313,444USD per tonne: $7759.7%Sea
Spain3.1Tonnes: 3,246,222USD per tonne: $9488.9%Sea
United States3.1Tonnes: 728,386USD per tonne: $4,2098.9%Sea
United Arab Emirates2.5Tonnes: 3,026,232USD per tonne: $8287.2%Sea
India2.1Tonnes: 2,685,590USD per tonne: $7996.2%Sea
Germany1.2Tonnes: 1,215,491USD per tonne: $9713.4%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.98Tonnes: 1,174,878USD per tonne: $8332.8%Sea
Italy0.77Tonnes: 980,593USD per tonne: $7822.2%Sea
Algeria0.57Tonnes: 821,762USD per tonne: $6891.6%Sea
China0.53Tonnes: 656,668USD per tonne: $8051.5%Sea
South Korea0.51Tonnes: 481,218USD per tonne: $1,0611.5%Sea
Oman0.41Tonnes: 471,197USD per tonne: $8631.2%Sea
Bahrain0.33Tonnes: 392,674USD per tonne: $8290.94%Sea
Sweden0.25Tonnes: 281,786USD per tonne: $8890.72%Sea
United Kingdom0.18Tonnes: 238,155USD per tonne: $7610.52%Sea
Turkey0.15Tonnes: 209,310USD per tonne: $7330.44%Sea
Malaysia0.14Tonnes: 186,490USD per tonne: $7430.4%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Netherlands 4.9
  • Belgium 4.6
  • Kuwait 3.8
  • Saudi Arabia 3.3
  • Spain 3.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands0.394.9
Belgium0.454.6
Kuwait03.8
Saudi Arabia0.053.3
Spain0.133.1

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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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