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 2022, Belgium imported 27.7 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (22%), Norway (12%) and the United Kingdom (10%). Its refined-product imports were 21.6 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (51%), Russia (13%) and the United States (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2022
- 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, 2022
Calculated3% 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, 2022
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:6,124 | |
| Norway | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:3,255 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:2,662 | |
| United States | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:2,569 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:2,516 | |
| Iraq | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:2,122 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:1,803 | |
| Angola | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:1,716 | |
| Nigeria | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:1,321 | |
| Libya | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:717 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:645 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:403 | |
| Congo | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:267 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:235 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:211 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:87 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:71 | |
| Argentina | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 3% | 902 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2022
- 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, 2022
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:4.96 Mt · Netherlands 81%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.92 Mt · Netherlands 74%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.88 Mt · Netherlands 69%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:2.74 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.98 Mt · Netherlands 73%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:4.42 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.72 Mt · United States 65%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2022, Belgium imported 5.0 million tonnes of road diesel, most from the Netherlands (81%), Russia (6%) and India (3%).
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:81% | Thousand tonnes:4,021 | |
| Russia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:288 | |
| India | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:140 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:124 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:123 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:101 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| Singapore | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:14 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| Nigeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2022
- 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 |
| 2022shown below | 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 |
| 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
- 2022
- 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.