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 2016, the Netherlands imported 90.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (38%), Norway (14%) and the United Kingdom (12%). Its refined-product imports were 63.3 million tonnes, most from Belgium (17%), Russia (15%) and the United Kingdom (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
- 2016
- 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, 2016
Calculated0.7% 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, 2016
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:38% | Thousand tonnes:34,785 | |
| Norway | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:13,014 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:11,022 | |
| Iraq | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:7,097 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:5,532 | |
| Nigeria | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:4,869 | |
| Kuwait | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:3,739 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:2,104 | |
| Algeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,941 | |
| Iran | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,517 | |
| Angola | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:833 | |
| Mexico | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:620 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:488 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:329 | |
| Libya | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:269 | |
| Ghana | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:268 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:249 | |
| United States | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:220 | |
| Colombia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:204 | |
| Venezuela | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:193 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:174 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:118 | |
| Chad | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:80 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:78 | |
| Tunisia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| Türkiye | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:45 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Costa Rica | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Egypt | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| South Korea | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Qatar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Singapore | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Malaysia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| China | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Australia | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Sint Maarten | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Japan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Madagascar | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Pakistan | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.7% | 595 |
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
- 2016
- 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, 2016
Calculated8% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:11.12 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:5.90 Mt · Belgium 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:4.50 Mt · United Arab Emirates 26%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:6.57 Mt · Belgium 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:20.72 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:10.62 Mt · Belgium 18%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.88 Mt · United States 44%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2016, the Netherlands imported 11.1 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Russia (18%), Belgium (15%) and the United States (14%).
3% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Belgium
- India
- Qatar
- Russia
- United States
- Singapore
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:2,033 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:1,664 | |
| United States | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:1,556 | |
| India | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:1,195 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:998 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:966 | |
| Qatar | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:964 | |
| Singapore | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:557 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:367 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:164 | |
| Malaysia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:140 | |
| Oman | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:65 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:60 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:22 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:14 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| South Africa | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| Nigeria | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| LuxembourgEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| HungaryEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| RomaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SloveniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| AustriaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Israel | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| SlovakiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| BulgariaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| MaltaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CroatiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CyprusEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 3% | 290 |
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
- 2016
- 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 |
| 2016shown below | 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
- 2016
- 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.