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 2023, Belgium imported 35.0 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the Netherlands (94%), Algeria (4%) and the United Kingdom (0.6%). Its refined-product imports were 35.5 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (38%), the United Kingdom (8%) and the United States (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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Algeria
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Norway
- Kazakhstan
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:94% | Thousand tonnes:33,022 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,409 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:203 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:102 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:94 | |
| Norway | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:63 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Senegal | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Angola | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Gabon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Papua New Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ghana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Sierra Leone | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bangladesh | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brazil | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Ecuador | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Guyana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mali | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Peru | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | 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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
Calculated1% 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:11.45 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:3.11 Mt · Netherlands 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.32 Mt · Netherlands 69%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.57 Mt · Netherlands 43%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:3.58 Mt · Netherlands 41%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:9.24 Mt · Netherlands 23%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.26 Mt · United States 50%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2023, Belgium imported 9.2 million tonnes of naphtha, most from the Netherlands (23%), Spain (17%) and the United Kingdom (15%).
3% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- France
- Spain
- Algeria
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:2,111 | |
| SpainEU | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:1,527 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:1,352 | |
| Algeria | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:940 | |
| FranceEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:679 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:503 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:292 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:189 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:174 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:132 | |
| Nigeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:122 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:119 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:113 | |
| Libya | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| PolandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| Russia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:89 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:81 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:58 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Israel | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| Cuba | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:23 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| Senegal | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 3% | 236 |
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
- 2023
- 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 |
| 2023shown below | 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 |
| 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
- 2023
- 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.