Libya ranked highest among the countries exporting oil to Italy, and the countries of the former Soviet Union came in second place, especially Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, which together exported 10.63 million tons of crude oil to Italy.
In the first seven months of 2024, data from the Italian Energy Union for Mobility (Unem) on crude oil imports in Italy have painted an interesting and complex picture of international trade dynamics around Italy’s crude oil imports, the data from the Energy Union for Mobility (Unem) reported.
The Italian Energy Federation stated that Libya came at the top of the ranking of countries supplying oil to Italy, which remains the main exporter of oil to Italy as well in the second quarter of this year.
He explained that between January and July of the current year 2024, Italy imported a total of 7.39 million tons of Libyan crude oil, equivalent to 22.3 percent of the national total.
The Italian Energy Federation described this figure as representing a significant growth of 28.6 percent compared to the previous year, which confirms the importance of Libya as a strategic partner for energy supplies, despite the fragile internal political situation.
Last updated: October 5, 2024 – 16:30
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