Ireland · Oil imports
Ireland: 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; the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2025, Ireland imported 3.1 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (69%), Azerbaijan (17%) and Algeria (14%). Its refined-product imports were 5.8 million tonnes, most from the Netherlands (34%), the United Kingdom (29%) and Belgium (11%).
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
- 2025
- 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; 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; a month that is not published is a gap.
Crude oil, 2025
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Norway
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Algeria
- Azerbaijan
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2025
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:69% | Thousand tonnes:2,171 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:528 | |
| Algeria | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:425 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | 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
- 2025
- 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; 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; a month that is not published is a gap.
Refined products, 2025
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:2.31 Mt · United Kingdom 40%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.35 Mt · United Kingdom 81%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:2.35 Mt · Netherlands 31%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.69 Mt · Netherlands 77%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.03 Mt · Netherlands 63%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:<0.01 Mt · Netherlands 57%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.10 Mt · Netherlands 59%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2025, Ireland imported 2.4 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the Netherlands (31%), Kuwait (23%) and the United Kingdom (17%).
<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- United Kingdom
- Kuwait
- United Arab Emirates
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
- China
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetherlandsEU | Share:31% | Thousand tonnes:722 | |
| Kuwait | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:536 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:409 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:224 | |
| South Korea | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:187 | |
| China | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:111 | |
| Oman | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:81 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:36 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Norway | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| New Zealand | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Thailand | 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
- 2025
- 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; 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; a month that is not published is a gap.
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:1.55 Mt · United States 82%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:2.41 Mt · United Kingdom 39%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025shown below | Crude oil:3.12 Mt · United States 69%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.83 Mt · Netherlands 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:1.91 Mt · United States 95%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.71 Mt · United Kingdom 30%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:2.99 Mt · United States 60%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.92 Mt · United Kingdom 38%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:2.99 Mt · United States 65%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.67 Mt · United Kingdom 64%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:3.02 Mt · United States 55%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.37 Mt · United Kingdom 50%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:2.91 Mt · United States 78%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.95 Mt · United Kingdom 72%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:2.61 Mt · United States 72%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.11 Mt · United Kingdom 56%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:2.91 Mt · Norway 47%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.99 Mt · United Kingdom 61%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:3.37 Mt · Norway 57%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.17 Mt · United Kingdom 76%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:3.13 Mt · Norway 84%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.97 Mt · United Kingdom 75%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:3.49 Mt · Norway 71%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.71 Mt · United Kingdom 79%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
- 2025
- 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; 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; a month that is not published is a gap.