Italy · Oil imports
Italy: 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 2017, Italy imported 66.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Azerbaijan (18%), Iran (14%) and Iraq (13%). Its refined-product imports were 16.2 million tonnes, most from Russia (20%), Algeria (10%) and Saudi Arabia (10%).
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
- 2017
- 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, 2017
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Azerbaijan
- Libya
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2017
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:12,194 | |
| Iran | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:9,414 | |
| Iraq | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:8,703 | |
| Russia | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:7,643 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:6,179 | |
| Libya | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:5,236 | |
| Kuwait | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:3,409 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,709 | |
| Nigeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,741 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,397 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,054 | |
| Egypt | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,034 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:934 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:783 | |
| Norway | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:767 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:565 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:511 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:421 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:390 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:318 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:199 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:194 | |
| Turkmenistan | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:163 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:144 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:133 | |
| Albania | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:85 | |
| Congo | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:78 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| Mauritania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:37 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brazil | 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
- 2017
- 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, 2017
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:5.31 Mt · Saudi Arabia 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.09 Mt · Germany 47%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.26 Mt · United Arab Emirates 32%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.46 Mt · Russia 67%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.43 Mt · Russia 46%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.40 Mt · Algeria 39%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.22 Mt · Algeria 45%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2017, Italy imported 93 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Germany (47%), the Netherlands (20%) and Croatia (12%).
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Greece
- Croatia
- Germany
- Austria
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| GermanyEU | Share:47% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:20% | Thousand tonnes:19 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| FranceEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| SpainEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | 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
- 2017
- 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:28.04 Mt · Libya 27%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:7.85 Mt · Saudi Arabia 29%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:47.42 Mt · Libya 24%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.98 Mt · Saudi Arabia 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:54.54 Mt · Libya 21%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.98 Mt · Saudi Arabia 21%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:61.72 Mt · Azerbaijan 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.56 Mt · Saudi Arabia 22%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:61.48 Mt · Russia 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.39 Mt · Saudi Arabia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:57.44 Mt · Azerbaijan 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.67 Mt · Saudi Arabia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:49.87 Mt · Azerbaijan 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:14.03 Mt · Russia 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:61.79 Mt · Iraq 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:15.41 Mt · Russia 19%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:62.80 Mt · Azerbaijan 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.25 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:66.63 Mt · Azerbaijan 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.17 Mt · Russia 20%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:61.04 Mt · Iraq 20%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:18.03 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:61.50 Mt · Azerbaijan 18%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.56 Mt · Russia 30%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
- 2017
- 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.