In 2025, the EU imported € 336.7 billion worth of energy products, amounting to 723.3 million tonnes. Compared with 2024, imports decreased both in value (-11.1%) and in net mass (-0.6%).
Imports of energy products have been decreasing in value and volume since 2022: value has dropped by 51.4 % from €693.4 billion, and volume decreased by 14.9% from 849.6 million tonnes.
For petroleum, compared with 2024, a decline was reported in both the value of imported petroleum oils (-17.8%) and the volume of imports (-6.1%). On the other hand, imported liquefied gas recorded a strong increase both in value (+35.2%) and volume (+24.4%).
When it comes to natural gas in the gaseous state, the import value increased by 3.4%, while volume was down by 5.3%.
Extra-EU imports of energy products, 2015-2025 (value and volume). bar charts. Link to full dataset below..
The United States and Norway remain key energy suppliers
In 2025, the largest partners for EU imports of petroleum oils were the United States (15.1%), Norway (14.4%) and Kazakhstan (12.7%).
The United States was also the top supplier of liquefied natural gas, providing more than half of the imported liquefied natural gas (56.0%), ahead of Russia (13.9%) and Qatar (8.9%). (....)