Cyprus · Oil imports
Cyprus: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2023, Cyprus imported 9 thousand tonnes of crude oil, most from Tunisia (100%) and the United Kingdom (<0.1%). Its refined-product imports were 3.5 million tonnes, most from Greece (28%), Israel (20%) and Spain (16%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2023
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, February 2015 to July 2025
- Tunisia
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Not published
Every crude origin, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | Share:100% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2023
Calculated17% 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:0.41 Mt · Greece 64%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:1.39 Mt · Greece 22%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.32 Mt · Israel 66%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.43 Mt · Greece 54%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.75 Mt · Spain 68%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.11 Mt · Greece 27%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.06 Mt · Algeria 47%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2023, Cyprus imported 1.4 million tonnes of petrol, most from Greece (22%), Algeria (8%) and Israel (7%).
40% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Greece
- Saudi Arabia
- Israel
- Romania
- Türkiye
- Italy
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| GreeceEU | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:299 | |
| Algeria | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:105 | |
| Israel | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:103 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| Türkiye | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| Qatar | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 40% | 559 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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:not published | Refined products:2.01 Mt · Israel 25%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:<0.01 Mt · Tunisia 100%months: 2 with imports | Refined products:4.44 Mt · Saudi Arabia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:<0.01 Mt · United Kingdom 100%months: 1 with imports | Refined products:3.07 Mt · Greece 31%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023shown below | Crude oil:0.01 Mt · Tunisia 100%months: 3 with imports | Refined products:3.46 Mt · Greece 28%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:<0.01 Mt · United Kingdom 100%months: 1 with imports | Refined products:2.38 Mt · Israel 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:<0.01 Mt · United Kingdom 100%months: 2 with imports | Refined products:2.54 Mt · Greece 32%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:not published | Refined products:2.72 Mt · Greece 33%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:not published | Refined products:2.82 Mt · Israel 30%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:not published | Refined products:3.50 Mt · Israel 26%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:not published | Refined products:3.23 Mt · Greece 28%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:not published | Refined products:3.11 Mt · Greece 25%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:<0.01 Mt · United Kingdom 75%months: 2 with imports | Refined products:2.72 Mt · Greece 32%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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.