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 2015, Belgium imported 32.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (31%), Saudi Arabia (27%) and Nigeria (13%). Its refined-product imports were 23.7 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (52%), Russia (19%) and Norway (5%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2015
- 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, 2015
Calculated2% 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, 2015
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:31% | Thousand tonnes:10,051 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:8,574 | |
| Nigeria | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:4,144 | |
| Norway | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:3,294 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:1,376 | |
| Angola | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,071 | |
| Iraq | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:437 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:434 | |
| Venezuela | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:389 | |
| Kuwait | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:382 | |
| Gabon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:347 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:185 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:162 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:129 | |
| Canada | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:118 | |
| Libya | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:100 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:83 | |
| Georgia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:24 | |
| Algeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 2% | 691 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2015
- 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, 2015
Calculated1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:6.73 Mt · Netherlands 75%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.30 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.80 Mt · Netherlands 64%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:4.48 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.01 Mt · Netherlands 68%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:3.86 Mt · Russia 61%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.57 Mt · Norway 38%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2015, Belgium imported 6.7 million tonnes of road diesel, most from the Netherlands (75%), the United States (7%) and Russia (6%).
0.7% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
- Russia
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- India
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:75% | Thousand tonnes:5,023 | |
| United States | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:502 | |
| Russia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:405 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:253 | |
| Switzerland | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:194 | |
| FranceEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:68 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:32 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:22 | |
| SpainEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.7% | 48 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2015
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 2015shown below | 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
- 2015
- 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.