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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 2019, Belgium imported 34.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (32%), Saudi Arabia (15%) and Nigeria (11%). Its refined-product imports were 22.4 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (48%), Saudi Arabia (12%) and Russia (11%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2019
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.

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Crude oil, 2019

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<0.1% 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

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Norway 24.0%United States 15.4%Other origins 48.4%
  • Russia
  • Norway
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Nigeria
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2019

Crude oil imports of Belgium in 2019 by origin (by country of production).
RussiaShare:32%Thousand tonnes:11,178
Saudi ArabiaShare:15%Thousand tonnes:5,313
NigeriaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:3,741
United StatesShare:10%Thousand tonnes:3,285
United KingdomShare:8%Thousand tonnes:2,734
IraqShare:6%Thousand tonnes:2,134
NorwayShare:6%Thousand tonnes:1,928
KazakhstanShare:4%Thousand tonnes:1,311
ColombiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,123
VenezuelaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:622
CanadaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:612
KuwaitShare:1%Thousand tonnes:329
BrazilShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:94
Trinidad and TobagoShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:55
MexicoShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:25
LibyaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:7
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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2019
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, 2019

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<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:6.48 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:1.28 Mt · Netherlands 65%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:1.42 Mt · Netherlands 50%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.52 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:5.76 Mt · Netherlands 83%months: 12 with imports
Naphthashown belowImports:3.87 Mt · Russia 42%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:2.10 Mt · Norway 38%months: 12 with imports

Naphtha

In 2019, Belgium imported 3.9 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Russia (42%), the Netherlands (13%) and Spain (11%).

Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Spain 24.6%Algeria 14.9%Norway 10.4%Other origins 40.8%
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Algeria
  • Netherlands
  • France
  • Norway
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Naphtha imports of Belgium in 2019 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
RussiaShare:42%Thousand tonnes:1,618
NetherlandsEUShare:13%Thousand tonnes:500
SpainEUShare:11%Thousand tonnes:445
AlgeriaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:217
United KingdomShare:5%Thousand tonnes:196
NigeriaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:145
FranceEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:126
United StatesShare:3%Thousand tonnes:126
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:82
PolandEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:77
ItalyEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:76
LibyaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:59
TürkiyeShare:1%Thousand tonnes:48
CanadaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:47
GermanyEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:44
LatviaEUShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:28
PortugalEUShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:21
BulgariaEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:7
DenmarkEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:4
FinlandEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:4
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2019
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

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Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–July 2026Crude oil:16.81 Mt · Norway 32%months: 7 with importsRefined products:12.26 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 7 with imports
2025Crude oil:29.49 Mt · Norway 23%months: 12 with importsRefined products:20.12 Mt · Netherlands 52%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:30.83 Mt · United States 18%months: 12 with importsRefined products:20.00 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:30.17 Mt · Norway 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:20.23 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:27.69 Mt · Russia 22%months: 12 with importsRefined products:21.63 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:28.69 Mt · Russia 29%months: 12 with importsRefined products:22.47 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:27.35 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with importsRefined products:21.46 Mt · Netherlands 42%months: 12 with imports
2019shown belowCrude oil:34.49 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with importsRefined products:22.43 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:33.02 Mt · Russia 39%months: 12 with importsRefined products:24.90 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:34.12 Mt · Russia 48%months: 12 with importsRefined products:24.48 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:31.87 Mt · Russia 38%months: 12 with importsRefined products:24.05 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:32.08 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with importsRefined 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
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2019
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.