Netherlands · Oil imports
Netherlands: 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 2024, the Netherlands imported 97.2 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (23%), Norway (13%) and Kazakhstan (9%). Its refined-product imports were 45.1 million tonnes, most from Belgium (21%), Germany (10%) and the United States (9%).
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
- 2024
- 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, 2024
Calculated0.2% 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
- Russia
- Norway
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Iraq
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2024
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:22,102 | |
| Norway | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:13,098 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:8,373 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:8,221 | |
| Iraq | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:7,204 | |
| Brazil | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:6,808 | |
| Guyana | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:6,127 | |
| Nigeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:4,222 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:4,003 | |
| Libya | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,917 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,870 | |
| Congo | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,535 | |
| Angola | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,383 | |
| Algeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,346 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,344 | |
| Russia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,164 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:828 | |
| Chad | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:792 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:788 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:582 | |
| Israel | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:537 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:531 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:519 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:297 | |
| Argentina | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:284 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:264 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:205 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:197 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:139 | |
| Senegal | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:136 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:64 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:37 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Kuwait | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Togo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mozambique | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Curaçao | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Thailand | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Philippines | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Oman | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brunei | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Aruba | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Albania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Liberia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Chile | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Jordan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Hong Kong | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.2% | 207 |
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
- 2024
- 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, 2024
Calculated2% 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:8.68 Mt · India 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:5.20 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:4.07 Mt · Kuwait 43%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.71 Mt · Belgium 39%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oilshown below | Imports:8.70 Mt · Belgium 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:10.60 Mt · Belgium 25%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:4.16 Mt · United States 58%months: 12 with imports |
Fuel oil
In 2024, the Netherlands imported 8.7 million tonnes of fuel oil, most from Belgium (25%), Germany (14%) and France (11%).
0.7% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of fuel oil imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Belgium
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Poland
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelgiumEU | Share:25% | Thousand tonnes:2,199 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:1,204 | |
| FranceEU | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:952 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:893 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:553 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:546 | |
| PolandEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:397 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:326 | |
| United States | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:289 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:281 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:205 | |
| India | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:147 | |
| Kuwait | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:132 | |
| Nigeria | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| Türkiye | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:65 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:58 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:57 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:33 | |
| Iraq | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| SpainEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| Norway | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| Venezuela | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:8 | |
| Switzerland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Georgia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| French Polynesia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Kenya | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Oman | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.7% | 65 |
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
- 2024
- 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:60.19 Mt · United States 24%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:21.43 Mt · Belgium 22%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:88.55 Mt · United States 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:40.89 Mt · Belgium 19%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024shown below | Crude oil:97.17 Mt · United States 23%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:45.11 Mt · Belgium 21%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:101.83 Mt · United States 21%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:42.47 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:95.45 Mt · Russia 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:42.92 Mt · Belgium 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:94.29 Mt · Russia 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:45.84 Mt · Belgium 23%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:90.76 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:44.23 Mt · Belgium 19%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:96.26 Mt · Russia 28%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:52.98 Mt · Belgium 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:93.34 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:52.41 Mt · Belgium 15%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:94.80 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:57.16 Mt · Belgium 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:90.56 Mt · Russia 38%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:63.31 Mt · Belgium 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:91.21 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:63.15 Mt · Belgium 15%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
- 2024
- 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.