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 2018, Germany imported 84.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (34%), the Netherlands (12%) and Norway (9%). Its refined-product imports were 37.5 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (45%), Russia (20%) and Belgium (17%).
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
- 2018
- 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, 2018
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- Libya
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:34% | Thousand tonnes:29,160 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:10,526 | |
| Norway | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:7,597 | |
| Libya | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:7,262 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:6,908 | |
| Nigeria | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:4,398 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,460 | |
| United States | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,443 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,958 | |
| Iraq | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,483 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,444 | |
| Egypt | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,104 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:789 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:680 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:631 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:410 | |
| Iran | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:273 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:264 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:244 | |
| Canada | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:238 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:201 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:113 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:98 | |
| Angola | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| Mexico | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:66 | |
| 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
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:14.06 Mt · Netherlands 35%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.46 Mt · Netherlands 48%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:6.62 Mt · Netherlands 71%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.09 Mt · Belgium 37%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:2.72 Mt · Russia 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:8.35 Mt · Netherlands 53%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.23 Mt · Belgium 41%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2018, Germany imported 6.6 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the Netherlands (71%), Belgium (13%) and France (11%).
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- France
- Kuwait
- United States
- Other origins
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:71% | Thousand tonnes:4,714 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:837 | |
| FranceEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:728 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:141 | |
| India | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:39 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:38 | |
| South Korea | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | 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
- 2018
- 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 |
| 2023 | 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 |
| 2018shown below | 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
- 2018
- 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.