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 2024, Germany imported 78.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the Netherlands (17%), Norway (16%) and the United States (13%). Its refined-product imports were 31.6 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (55%), Belgium (19%) and the United States (8%).
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
- 2024
- 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, 2024
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- Libya
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2024
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:13,260 | |
| Norway | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:12,521 | |
| United States | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:10,410 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:10,163 | |
| Libya | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:7,343 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:6,157 | |
| Guyana | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,284 | |
| Iraq | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,256 | |
| Nigeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,020 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,768 | |
| Chad | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,750 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,485 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,375 | |
| Mexico | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,217 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:986 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:829 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:513 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:194 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:191 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:165 | |
| Angola | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:164 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:115 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:95 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:82 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:59 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| Senegal | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Gabon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Russia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | 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
- 2024
- 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, 2024
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:13.89 Mt · Netherlands 50%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.00 Mt · Netherlands 63%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:4.91 Mt · Netherlands 77%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.98 Mt · Belgium 62%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.66 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphthashown below | Imports:5.74 Mt · Netherlands 64%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.43 Mt · Belgium 35%months: 12 with imports |
Naphtha
In 2024, Germany imported 5.7 million tonnes of naphtha, most from the Netherlands (64%), Belgium (11%) and Algeria (7%).
<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of naphtha imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Russia
- Algeria
- United States
- Norway
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:64% | Thousand tonnes:3,672 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:605 | |
| Algeria | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:414 | |
| United States | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:202 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:172 | |
| Türkiye | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:127 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:110 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:97 | |
| SpainEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:89 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:39 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:14 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| Israel | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Libya | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Senegal | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Curaçao | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mali | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Zambia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | <0.1% | 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
- 2024
- 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 |
| 2024shown below | 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 |
| 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
- 2024
- 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.