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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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