Germany · Oil imports
Germany: 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, Germany imported 73.0 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the Netherlands (17%), Norway (15%) and the United States (14%). Its refined-product imports were 36.6 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (54%), Belgium (17%) and the United States (4%).
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, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- Libya
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:12,416 | |
| Norway | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:10,678 | |
| United States | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:10,308 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:8,172 | |
| Libya | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:8,066 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:5,523 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,171 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,112 | |
| Nigeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,058 | |
| Iraq | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,848 | |
| Guyana | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,620 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,529 | |
| Chad | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,231 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,204 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,095 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:604 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:502 | |
| Oman | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:487 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:414 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:175 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:168 | |
| Angola | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:156 | |
| Russia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:115 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:86 | |
| Qatar | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:73 | |
| Cameroon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:66 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 |
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
Calculated<0.1% 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:17.04 Mt · Netherlands 50%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.66 Mt · Netherlands 70%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.12 Mt · Netherlands 77%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoilshown below | Imports:2.26 Mt · Belgium 56%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.40 Mt · Netherlands 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:6.63 Mt · Netherlands 62%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.46 Mt · Netherlands 33%months: 12 with imports |
Heating and other gasoil
In 2023, Germany imported 2.3 million tonnes of heating and other gasoil, most from Belgium (56%), the Netherlands (27%) and Norway (10%).
Share of heating and other gasoil imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Russia
- Sweden
- France
- Other origins
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelgiumEU | Share:56% | Thousand tonnes:1,271 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:616 | |
| Norway | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:237 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:68 | |
| FranceEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:26 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| Switzerland | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| SpainEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brazil | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | 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.
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:41.97 Mt · Netherlands 17%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:13.44 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:75.13 Mt · Netherlands 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.06 Mt · Netherlands 53%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:78.54 Mt · Netherlands 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.61 Mt · Netherlands 55%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023shown below | Crude oil:72.96 Mt · Netherlands 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.55 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:87.41 Mt · Russia 24%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.69 Mt · Netherlands 52%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:79.38 Mt · Russia 29%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.54 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:84.74 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.18 Mt · Netherlands 47%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:85.87 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.10 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:84.84 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.53 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:90.04 Mt · Russia 35%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.78 Mt · Netherlands 44%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:91.94 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.06 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:90.48 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.67 Mt · Netherlands 50%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.