Belgium · Oil imports
Belgium: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
In 2018, Belgium imported 33.0 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (39%), Saudi Arabia (17%) and Nigeria (12%). Its refined-product imports were 24.9 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (45%), Russia (13%) and Saudi Arabia (12%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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
Calculated1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Norway
- Saudi Arabia
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:39% | Thousand tonnes:12,858 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:5,695 | |
| Nigeria | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:3,930 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:3,689 | |
| Norway | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:2,284 | |
| United States | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,376 | |
| Iraq | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,296 | |
| Venezuela | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:433 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:294 | |
| Canada | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:168 | |
| Iran | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:129 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:123 | |
| Angola | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:107 | |
| Georgia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:100 | |
| Libya | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:80 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:66 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:14 | |
| Kuwait | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 329 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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<0.1% 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:7.75 Mt · Netherlands 42%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.55 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.62 Mt · Netherlands 60%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.15 Mt · Netherlands 72%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:5.13 Mt · Netherlands 78%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:4.55 Mt · Russia 48%months: 12 with imports |
| LPGshown below | Imports:2.15 Mt · Norway 41%months: 12 with imports |
LPG
In 2018, Belgium imported 2.2 million tonnes of lpg, most from Norway (41%), the United Kingdom (18%) and the United States (17%).
Share of lpg imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Norway
- United States
- Uruguay
- Netherlands
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | Share:41% | Thousand tonnes:884 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:387 | |
| United States | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:370 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:241 | |
| Russia | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:113 | |
| Algeria | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:99 | |
| FranceEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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:16.81 Mt · Norway 32%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:12.26 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:29.49 Mt · Norway 23%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:20.12 Mt · Netherlands 52%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:30.83 Mt · United States 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:20.00 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:30.17 Mt · Norway 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:20.23 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:27.69 Mt · Russia 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:21.63 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:28.69 Mt · Russia 29%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:22.47 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:27.35 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:21.46 Mt · Netherlands 42%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:34.49 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:22.43 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:33.02 Mt · Russia 39%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:24.90 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:34.12 Mt · Russia 48%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:24.48 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:31.87 Mt · Russia 38%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:24.05 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:32.08 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:23.75 Mt · Netherlands 52%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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.