United States Institute of Peace

The Iran Primer

How much oil does Europe buy from Iran?

Iran announced on Feb. 19 that it would halt all oil sales to France and Britain, a response to new EU sanctions on Iranian oil imports due to go into effect this summer. But the top 10 European economies actually acquire only a modest share of their oil from Iran. The following are EU statistics on Iranian oil imports in those 10 countries for 2010.
                           
                                                 Share of total oil imports
 
Spain                                                   14.6%
Greece                                                 13.8%
Italy                                                      13%
Austria                                                  10%
Belgium                                                 7%
Netherlands                                           4%
France                                                   2.8%
Czech republic                                      2%
Germany                                               1.6%
Portugal                                                1.6%
United Kingdom                                    0.2%
All 27 EU Countries                             5%
 
 
Source: Eurostat

 

 

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