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France imports of Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons (HS 2711)

Where France buys petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics. World market for HS 2711 · France trade profile

France imports, 2024USD 19.4 billionSum over 66 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
France imports, 2023USD 27.6 billionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth−30.0%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 527 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
France imports with all partners, 2026-07EUR 2.0 billionLatest month in the database. Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409, record DS-045409:FR:WORLD:2711:1:2026-07.
Trade companies in the directory1,126,218Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1NorwayUSD 6.7 billion34.8%−12.4%BACI:FR:NO:2711:1:2024
2United StatesUSD 3.9 billion20.2%−41.6%BACI:FR:US:2711:1:2024
3RussiaUSD 3.3 billion17.3%+44.0%BACI:FR:RU:2711:1:2024
4AlgeriaUSD 2.9 billion15.1%−19.1%BACI:FR:DZ:2711:1:2024
5BelgiumUSD 1.3 billion6.5%−16.8%BACI:FR:BE:2711:1:2024
6NigeriaUSD 320.8 million1.7%+20.3%BACI:FR:NG:2711:1:2024
7United KingdomUSD 178.0 million0.9%−24.4%BACI:FR:GB:2711:1:2024
8SpainUSD 157.2 million0.8%−89.9%BACI:FR:ES:2711:1:2024
9QatarUSD 137.4 million0.7%−93.2%BACI:FR:QA:2711:1:2024
10AngolaUSD 85.5 million0.4%−82.4%BACI:FR:AO:2711:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the France total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in France, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels (NACE 4671). Counts only.

Import requirements in France

  • European Union: 112 import measures recorded for HS 2711 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).
  • European Union: third country (MFN) duty 0.0% to 8.0% ad valorem across 10 tariff lines. Preferential rates under trade agreements can be lower. Source: EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).

As an EU member, France applies the EU common customs tariff.

Counts of official tariff measures, not advice. Members see every measure, document code and duty for their own origin and destination.

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Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • Eurostat Comext DS-045409: France monthly imports, EUR and net mass, last month 2026-07. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution "Source: Eurostat" (© European Union). Record ID: DS-045409:FR:WORLD:2711:1:2026-07. Source
  • EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-23. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of France with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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