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 2018, Belgium imported 37.7 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the Netherlands (83%), Russia (7%) and Algeria (4%). Its refined-product imports were 36.8 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (34%), Russia (14%) and the United Kingdom (12%).
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
- 2018
- 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, 2018
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Algeria
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Norway
- Kazakhstan
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:83% | Thousand tonnes:31,122 | |
| Russia | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:2,743 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,523 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:881 | |
| Norway | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:539 | |
| Venezuela | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:361 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:247 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:133 | |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:70 | |
| Iraq | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:19 | |
| Nigeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Brazil | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | 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
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:10.37 Mt · Netherlands 35%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.83 Mt · United Kingdom 36%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.95 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:4.67 Mt · Netherlands 37%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:7.01 Mt · Netherlands 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:7.67 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports |
| LPGshown below | Imports:2.27 Mt · Norway 33%months: 12 with imports |
LPG
In 2018, Belgium imported 2.3 million tonnes of lpg, most from Norway (33%), the Netherlands (23%) and the United States (16%).
Share of lpg imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- United States
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | Share:33% | Thousand tonnes:749 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:516 | |
| United States | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:369 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:334 | |
| Russia | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:114 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:100 | |
| SpainEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Albania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| North Macedonia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | 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
- 2018
- 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 |
| 2021 | 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 |
| 2018shown below | 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
- 2018
- 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.