Germany · Oil imports
Germany: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
In 2018, Germany imported 85.2 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (36%), Norway (12%) and Libya (8%). Its refined-product imports were 37.9 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (49%), Belgium (18%) and Russia (18%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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
Calculated2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Russia
- Norway
- Kazakhstan
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Libya
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:36% | Thousand tonnes:31,006 | |
| Norway | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:10,055 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:7,205 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:6,819 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:6,692 | |
| Nigeria | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,418 | |
| United States | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:3,885 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,064 | |
| Iraq | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,050 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,425 | |
| Egypt | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,093 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:687 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:664 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:622 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:361 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:353 | |
| Iran | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:272 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:241 | |
| Canada | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:238 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:188 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:151 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:98 | |
| Angola | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:57 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:48 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 2% | 1,421 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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<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:15.06 Mt · Netherlands 40%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:2.43 Mt · Netherlands 61%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:6.54 Mt · Netherlands 72%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.48 Mt · Belgium 38%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:2.15 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:7.12 Mt · Netherlands 58%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:1.08 Mt · Netherlands 42%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2018, Germany imported 6.5 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the Netherlands (72%), France (15%) and Belgium (13%).
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Netherlands
- Sierra Leone
- France
- Slovenia
- Belgium
- Kuwait
- Other origins
- Not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:72% | Thousand tonnes:4,726 | |
| FranceEU | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:949 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:827 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:19 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:17 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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–June 2026 | Crude oil:39.56 Mt · United States 20%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:11.67 Mt · Netherlands 58%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:80.31 Mt · Norway 17%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.48 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:84.39 Mt · Norway 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:31.98 Mt · Netherlands 56%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:77.36 Mt · United States 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.09 Mt · Netherlands 55%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:88.23 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:33.51 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:81.30 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.57 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:82.73 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:32.71 Mt · Netherlands 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:86.03 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:39.58 Mt · Netherlands 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:85.20 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:37.86 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:90.73 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:38.53 Mt · Netherlands 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:91.24 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:36.33 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:91.27 Mt · Russia 36%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:34.89 Mt · Netherlands 51%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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.