Belgium · Oil imports
Belgium: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2021, Belgium imported 35.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the Netherlands (94%), Algeria (2%) and France (1%). Its refined-product imports were 32.1 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (39%), Russia (13%) and the United Kingdom (8%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2021
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Crude oil, 2021
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Algeria
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Norway
- Kazakhstan
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:94% | Thousand tonnes:33,018 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:751 | |
| FranceEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:488 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:319 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:215 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:138 | |
| Cuba | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:70 | |
| Angola | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| Norway | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| Libya | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| Russia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Togo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Senegal | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Colombia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Guyana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Gibraltar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mauritius | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Papua New Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2021
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Refined products, 2021
Calculated0.7% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:7.93 Mt · Netherlands 64%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.92 Mt · Netherlands 59%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:2.49 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.12 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:2.55 Mt · Netherlands 39%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:11.30 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.83 Mt · Norway 30%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2021, Belgium imported 2.5 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the Netherlands (48%), Kuwait (22%) and the United Arab Emirates (15%).
0.2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Netherlands
- France
- Kuwait
- United Arab Emirates
- Germany
- Saudi Arabia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:48% | Thousand tonnes:1,198 | |
| Kuwait | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:542 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:370 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:66 | |
| Russia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| FranceEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:38 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| India | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| South Korea | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| SpainEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Sri Lanka | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Norway | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.2% | 6 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2021
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Year by year
CalculatedSelect a year to see its origins above.
| Year | Crude oilmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published | Refined productsmillion tonnes, seven product families · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|---|
| January–July 2026 | Crude oil:17.01 Mt · Netherlands 94%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:14.99 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:35.01 Mt · Netherlands 96%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.67 Mt · Netherlands 43%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:35.27 Mt · Netherlands 94%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:35.65 Mt · Netherlands 39%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:34.98 Mt · Netherlands 94%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:35.54 Mt · Netherlands 38%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:33.91 Mt · Netherlands 94%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.89 Mt · Netherlands 38%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021shown below | Crude oil:35.11 Mt · Netherlands 94%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.14 Mt · Netherlands 39%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:31.39 Mt · Netherlands 90%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.93 Mt · Netherlands 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:38.79 Mt · Netherlands 83%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.65 Mt · Netherlands 37%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:37.66 Mt · Netherlands 83%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.76 Mt · Netherlands 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:38.44 Mt · Netherlands 82%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:35.60 Mt · Netherlands 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:36.59 Mt · Netherlands 85%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.16 Mt · Netherlands 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:34.73 Mt · Netherlands 82%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.15 Mt · Netherlands 37%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2021
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.