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 2023, the Netherlands imported 102 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (21%), Norway (14%) and the United Kingdom (11%). Its refined-product imports were 42.5 million tonnes, most from Belgium (24%), Germany (11%) and the United States (8%).
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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
Calculated0.1% 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
- Russia
- Norway
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Iraq
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:21% | Thousand tonnes:21,182 | |
| Norway | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:14,279 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:11,117 | |
| Iraq | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:8,833 | |
| Nigeria | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:7,932 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,814 | |
| Brazil | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,694 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:4,494 | |
| Guyana | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,919 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,767 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:2,348 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,933 | |
| Libya | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,808 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,288 | |
| Cameroon | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:1,184 | |
| Chad | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:870 | |
| Congo | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:838 | |
| Russia | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:831 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:830 | |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:706 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:485 | |
| Argentina | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:399 | |
| Israel | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:284 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:236 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:142 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:129 | |
| Kuwait | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:77 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:70 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:65 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| Oman | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:44 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| Chile | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:18 | |
| Bolivia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Sint Maarten | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Curaçao | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Vietnam | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Thailand | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Peru | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Liberia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Mexico | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Namibia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Georgia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Montenegro | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| India | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Senegal | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Morocco | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Indonesia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| New Zealand | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Hong Kong | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Honduras | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Nicaragua | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.1% | 112 |
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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
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:9.43 Mt · India 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:4.33 Mt · Belgium 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.74 Mt · United Arab Emirates 21%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:3.38 Mt · Belgium 45%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:9.26 Mt · Belgium 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:9.45 Mt · Belgium 34%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.88 Mt · United States 59%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2023, the Netherlands imported 4.3 million tonnes of petrol, most from Belgium (26%), the United Kingdom (16%) and Germany (15%).
1% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Belgium
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Sweden
- Finland
- Spain
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelgiumEU | Share:26% | Thousand tonnes:1,110 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:710 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:629 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:518 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:406 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:181 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:173 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:172 | |
| SpainEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:131 | |
| Türkiye | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:116 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:31 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| Norway | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:29 | |
| Israel | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:26 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 1% | 60 |
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
- 2023
- 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 |
| 2023shown below | 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
- 2023
- 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.