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 2018, Italy imported 62.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Azerbaijan (19%), Iraq (15%) and Saudi Arabia (11%). Its refined-product imports were 16.2 million tonnes, most from Russia (23%), Saudi Arabia (14%) and Algeria (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
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated<0.1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share 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, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:11,715 | |
| Iraq | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:9,391 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:7,120 | |
| Iran | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:6,326 | |
| Libya | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:6,209 | |
| Russia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:5,927 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,742 | |
| Nigeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:2,317 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,526 | |
| United States | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,481 | |
| Egypt | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,231 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:986 | |
| Angola | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:960 | |
| Kuwait | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:808 | |
| Canada | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:777 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:745 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:629 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:435 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:363 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:293 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:263 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:251 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:104 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:90 | |
| Albania | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:71 | |
| Mauritania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BelgiumEU | 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
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated0.2% 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:5.09 Mt · Saudi Arabia 40%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.29 Mt · United Kingdom 19%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.36 Mt · India 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.60 Mt · Russia 60%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:4.44 Mt · Russia 61%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:1.29 Mt · Algeria 35%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:2.17 Mt · Algeria 50%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2018, Italy imported 290 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from the United Kingdom (19%), Croatia (17%) and the Netherlands (11%).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:55 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| SpainEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:25 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:16 | |
| Israel | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| FranceEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | 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
- 2018
- 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 |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:62.80 Mt · Azerbaijan 19%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:16.25 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | 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
- 2018
- 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.