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 2020, Belgium imported 27.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (32%), Saudi Arabia (19%) and Norway (9%). Its refined-product imports were 21.5 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (42%), Russia (16%) and Saudi Arabia (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated0.2% 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, 2020
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:32% | Thousand tonnes:8,652 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:5,068 | |
| Norway | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:2,417 | |
| Nigeria | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:2,336 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:2,214 | |
| United States | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:2,130 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:1,914 | |
| Iraq | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,221 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:635 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:213 | |
| Angola | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:118 | |
| Libya | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:93 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| Colombia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.2% | 62 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2020
- 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, 2020
Calculated0.3% 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:6.91 Mt · Netherlands 52%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.68 Mt · Netherlands 52%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.93 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.39 Mt · Netherlands 76%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.59 Mt · Netherlands 62%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:4.75 Mt · Russia 52%months: 12 with imports |
| LPGshown below | Imports:2.20 Mt · Norway 44%months: 12 with imports |
LPG
In 2020, Belgium imported 2.2 million tonnes of lpg, most from Norway (44%), the United States (28%) and the United Kingdom (16%).
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:44% | Thousand tonnes:970 | |
| United States | Share:28% | Thousand tonnes:611 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:355 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:147 | |
| Russia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:19 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| 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
- 2020
- 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 |
| 2020shown below | 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 |
| 2018 | 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
- 2020
- 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.