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 2015, the Netherlands imported 91.2 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (27%), Norway (17%) and Nigeria (13%). Its refined-product imports were 63.1 million tonnes, most from Belgium (15%), Russia (11%) and the United Kingdom (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
- 2015
- 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, 2015
Calculated7% 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, 2015
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:24,319 | |
| Norway | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:15,167 | |
| Nigeria | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:11,769 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:7,014 | |
| Kuwait | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:6,124 | |
| Iraq | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,673 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,198 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,409 | |
| Algeria | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:2,329 | |
| Gabon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:924 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:915 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:832 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:412 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:346 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:242 | |
| Qatar | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:208 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:187 | |
| Libya | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:174 | |
| Canada | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:150 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:135 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:135 | |
| Tunisia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:104 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:83 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:59 | |
| Chad | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:49 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:47 | |
| Guatemala | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| Jamaica | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:26 | |
| Venezuela | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:22 | |
| Ghana | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Senegal | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Iceland | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Togo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cameroon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Lebanon | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Brunei | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Oman | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Bahrain | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 7% | 6,118 |
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
- 2015
- 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, 2015
Calculated13% 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:7.09 Mt · United States 31%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:6.26 Mt · Belgium 22%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:3.26 Mt · United Arab Emirates 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:7.07 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:23.19 Mt · Belgium 14%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:12.48 Mt · United Kingdom 22%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.80 Mt · United States 36%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2015, the Netherlands imported 3.3 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the United Arab Emirates (28%), South Korea (17%) and Saudi Arabia (12%).
12% 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 Arab Emirates
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- India
- Saudi Arabia
- China
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | Share:28% | Thousand tonnes:910 | |
| South Korea | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:546 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:405 | |
| India | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:230 | |
| Bahrain | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:212 | |
| Indonesia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:137 | |
| Kuwait | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:133 | |
| Qatar | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:93 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:54 | |
| Venezuela | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:48 | |
| Singapore | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:48 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Bahamas | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| South Africa | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:11 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Albania | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 12% | 387 |
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
- 2015
- 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 |
| 2024 | 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 |
| 2015shown below | 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
- 2015
- 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.