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 2021, Germany imported 79.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (29%), the Netherlands (18%) and Kazakhstan (9%). Its refined-product imports were 31.5 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (47%), Belgium (20%) and Russia (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
- 2021
- 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, 2021
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Norway
- Netherlands
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- Libya
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:29% | Thousand tonnes:23,364 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:14,463 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:7,501 | |
| United States | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:7,323 | |
| Libya | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:6,903 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:4,385 | |
| Norway | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:4,347 | |
| Iraq | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,246 | |
| Chad | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,007 | |
| Nigeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,982 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,476 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:968 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:564 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:452 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:446 | |
| Canada | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:241 | |
| Yemen | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:182 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:151 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:140 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:72 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:52 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:47 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:28 | |
| Guyana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:18 |
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
- 2021
- 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, 2021
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:14.93 Mt · Netherlands 41%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.44 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.43 Mt · Netherlands 75%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:1.52 Mt · Belgium 52%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.66 Mt · Netherlands 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:8.75 Mt · Netherlands 60%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.82 Mt · Belgium 38%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2021, Germany imported 14.9 million tonnes of road diesel, most from the Netherlands (41%), Russia (29%) and Belgium (23%).
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Russia
- United States
- Sweden
- India
- Other origins
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:41% | Thousand tonnes:6,058 | |
| Russia | Share:29% | Thousand tonnes:4,291 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:3,426 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:302 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:221 | |
| Oman | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:196 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:104 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:89 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:62 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| Norway | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | 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
- 2021
- 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 |
| 2021shown below | 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
- 2021
- 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.