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 2016, Germany imported 91.2 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (40%), Norway (12%) and the United Kingdom (10%). Its refined-product imports were 36.3 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (51%), Russia (19%) and Belgium (11%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2016
- 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, 2016
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, 2016
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:40% | Thousand tonnes:36,047 | |
| Norway | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:11,191 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:9,210 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:8,375 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,131 | |
| Nigeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,811 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,266 | |
| Iraq | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:3,145 | |
| Libya | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,780 | |
| Egypt | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,740 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:854 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:812 | |
| Angola | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:674 | |
| United States | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:607 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:501 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:408 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:328 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:304 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:283 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:235 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:228 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:223 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:209 | |
| Kuwait | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:190 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:159 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:59 | |
| Cameroon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 2% | 1,376 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2016
- 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, 2016
Calculated0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:15.41 Mt · Netherlands 39%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.50 Mt · Netherlands 54%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:5.00 Mt · Netherlands 90%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.82 Mt · Netherlands 53%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:2.52 Mt · Russia 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:7.28 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.79 Mt · Netherlands 41%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2016, Germany imported 15.4 million tonnes of road diesel, most from the Netherlands (39%), Russia (32%) and Belgium (12%).
0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Russia
- United States
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:39% | Thousand tonnes:6,039 | |
| Russia | Share:32% | Thousand tonnes:4,925 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:1,819 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:858 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:491 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:312 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:235 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:206 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:167 | |
| Switzerland | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:125 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:57 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:53 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:22 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| United States | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.1% | 19 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2016
- 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 |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2016shown below | 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
- 2016
- 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.