26/03/24 (Agence Europe) – Eurostat reported on 22 March that in the fourth quarter of 2023, the EU imported 111.3 billion euros worth of energy products (187.9 million tonnes), representing a fall in value (-34.2%) and in net mass (-11.7%) compared with the fourth quarter of 2022. Over the full year, energy imports also fell year-on-year in value (-35.0%), mainly due to the fall in prices, and in volume (-9.4%). Norway (17%), the United States (13.1%) and Kazakhstan (9.2%) were the main suppliers of oil, while Norway (53.4%) dominated EU imports of natural gas in gaseous form, followed by Algeria (15.9%) and Russia (12.7%) while the United States (49.4%) led the way in EU imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), ahead of Russia (13%) and Algeria (11.1%). To read the Eurostat publication: https://aeur.eu/f/bii (PLD)