Denmark · Oil imports
Denmark: 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 2017, Denmark imported 4.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Norway (78%), Russia (15%) and Nigeria (3%). Its refined-product imports were 4.4 million tonnes, most from Russia (33%), Sweden (19%) and Norway (12%).
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
- 2017
- 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, 2017
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Norway
- United States
- Russia
- Nigeria
- United Kingdom
- Libya
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2017
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | Share:78% | Thousand tonnes:3,599 | |
| Russia | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:676 | |
| Nigeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:140 | |
| Libya | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:99 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:66 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | 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
- 2017
- 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, 2017
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:1.60 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.29 Mt · Sweden 84%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.89 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.01 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.55 Mt · Russia 45%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.08 Mt · Netherlands 87%months: 12 with imports |
| LPGshown below | Imports:0.02 Mt · United Kingdom 30%months: 12 with imports |
LPG
In 2017, Denmark imported 17 thousand tonnes of lpg, most from the United Kingdom (30%), Germany (26%) and Norway (16%).
0.2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of lpg imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Sweden
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Share:30% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:26% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| Norway | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Albania | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Greenland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.2% | <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
- 2017
- 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:1.50 Mt · Norway 69%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:1.68 Mt · Sweden 24%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:5.39 Mt · United States 45%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.36 Mt · Sweden 31%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:4.44 Mt · United States 73%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.81 Mt · Sweden 27%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:4.78 Mt · United States 59%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.33 Mt · Sweden 33%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:4.53 Mt · United States 51%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.30 Mt · Sweden 29%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:5.24 Mt · United States 39%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:2.94 Mt · Sweden 35%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:4.67 Mt · United States 33%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.66 Mt · Sweden 27%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:4.65 Mt · Norway 44%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.36 Mt · Sweden 21%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:4.59 Mt · Norway 68%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.37 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:4.62 Mt · Norway 78%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.44 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:3.66 Mt · Norway 73%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.55 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:4.16 Mt · Norway 71%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.79 Mt · Russia 22%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
- 2017
- 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.