[EU imports of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia have dropped sharply] data released by Eurostat on June 19 local time show that in March this year, EU imports of crude oil and petroleum products from Russia fell to 1.4 million tons, compared with an average monthly import of 15.2 million tons from 2019 to 2022, compared with a 90 per cent drop in March this year. Russia has always been an important source of oil for the European Union, but after the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the EU imposed sanctions on Russia, including a ban on the import of Russian oil. At present, the European Union has begun to transfer its oil import sources.