Main foreign suppliers of energy to the EU, 2012

The three pie charts show the top 5 countries from which the EU imports energy and refer to crude oil, natural gas and solid fuels. Russia is the biggest supplier for all three types of energy, while Norway is an important supplier of natural gas and crude oil. Source of data is Eurostat (nrg_122a, nrg_124a and nrg_123a) and the calculation of the percentage is done by the authors based on quantity for crude oil and solid fuels and in terms of terajoules for natural gas. The total refers to extra-EU trade, therefore without considering trading of energy between MS.