{"id":403664,"date":"2026-03-25T20:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/403664\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:30:20","slug":"eu-imports-of-energy-products-decreased-again-in-2025-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/403664\/","title":{"rendered":"EU imports of energy products decreased again in 2025 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2025, the EU<\/a> imported \u20ac 336.7 billion worth of energy products, amounting to 723.3 million tonnes. Compared with 2024, imports <\/a>decreased both in value (-11.1%) and in net mass (-0.6%).<\/p>\n

Imports of energy products have been decreasing in value and volume since 2022: value has dropped by 51.4 % from \u20ac693.4 billion, and volume decreased by 14.9% from 849.6 million tonnes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

When it comes to natural gas in the gaseous state, the import value increased by 3.4%, while volume was down by 5.3%.<\/p>\n

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Source dataset: Comext and Eurostat estimates<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The United States and Norway remain key energy suppliers<\/p>\n

In 2025, the largest partners for EU imports of petroleum oils were the United States (15.1%), Norway (14.4%) and Kazakhstan (12.7%).<\/p>\n

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%).<\/p>\n

Norway was the major partner for natural gas in the gaseous state, as imports reached 52.1%. Algeria was next with 17.4%, followed by Russia with 10.4%.<\/p>\n

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