While energy imports rose sharply between 2021 and 2022, they are now falling significantly for the second consecutive quarter, according to a new Eurostat report published on Monday 25 September.
In the second quarter of 2023, imports fell by 39.4% in terms of value and by 11.3% in terms of net mass compared with the second quarter of 2022.
Russia’s share of EU oil and natural gas imports has fallen steadily, with a massive drop in oil imports (-82%).
Norway, Kazakhstan, the United...