Fuel Origin

Netherlands · Oil imports

Netherlands: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

In 2025, the Netherlands imported 52.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (22%), Norway (18%) and Kazakhstan (14%). Its refined-product imports were 66.6 million tonnes, most from Belgium (24%), Germany (15%) and the United Kingdom (12%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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, 2025

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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 June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Norway 17.2%United States 27.0%Other origins 36.7%
  • Russia
  • Norway
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Iraq
  • Nigeria
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2025

Crude oil imports of Netherlands in 2025 by origin (by country of production).
United StatesShare:22%Thousand tonnes:11,486
NorwayShare:18%Thousand tonnes:9,631
KazakhstanShare:14%Thousand tonnes:7,434
United KingdomShare:10%Thousand tonnes:5,025
IraqShare:8%Thousand tonnes:4,048
BrazilShare:7%Thousand tonnes:3,888
NigeriaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:2,731
CanadaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,507
LibyaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:764
Saudi ArabiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:705
SenegalShare:1%Thousand tonnes:585
AngolaShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:490
NigerShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:464
CameroonShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:158
GabonShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:127
Cannot be traced to a named country7%3,410
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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, 2025

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Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:7.94 Mt · Belgium 47%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:7.91 Mt · Belgium 21%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:4.70 Mt · Kuwait 33%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.93 Mt · Belgium 49%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilshown belowImports:20.91 Mt · Belgium 23%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:19.44 Mt · Belgium 21%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:3.78 Mt · United States 64%months: 12 with imports

Fuel oil

In 2025, the Netherlands imported 20.9 million tonnes of fuel oil, most from Belgium (23%), the United Kingdom (13%) and Germany (13%).

Share of fuel oil imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Belgium 27.5%Other origins 47.9%
  • Belgium
  • Russia
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • France
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Fuel oil imports of Netherlands in 2025 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
BelgiumEUShare:23%Thousand tonnes:4,846
United KingdomShare:13%Thousand tonnes:2,804
GermanyEUShare:13%Thousand tonnes:2,721
FranceEUShare:8%Thousand tonnes:1,571
PolandEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:1,341
EstoniaEUShare:5%Thousand tonnes:1,144
LithuaniaEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:849
SwedenEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:824
GreeceEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:796
DenmarkEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:740
KuwaitShare:4%Thousand tonnes:740
Saudi ArabiaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:403
MexicoShare:2%Thousand tonnes:400
United StatesShare:2%Thousand tonnes:337
TürkiyeShare:1%Thousand tonnes:274
ItalyEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:267
ColombiaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:170
IrelandEUShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:154
FinlandEUShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:153
GabonShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:147
NorwayShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:91
Côte d’IvoireShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:58
NigeriaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:46
AlgeriaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:40
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–June 2026Crude oil:27.01 Mt · United States 25%months: 6 with importsRefined products:33.54 Mt · Belgium 27%months: 6 with imports
2025shown belowCrude oil:52.45 Mt · United States 22%months: 12 with importsRefined products:66.61 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:48.37 Mt · United States 26%months: 12 with importsRefined products:71.87 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:53.74 Mt · United States 24%months: 12 with importsRefined products:68.52 Mt · Belgium 26%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:53.19 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with importsRefined products:75.53 Mt · Belgium 26%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:52.50 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with importsRefined products:76.05 Mt · Belgium 17%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:49.55 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with importsRefined products:67.83 Mt · Belgium 17%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:57.49 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with importsRefined products:62.58 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:54.31 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with importsRefined products:62.62 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:52.93 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with importsRefined products:68.03 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:55.41 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:93.37 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:54.03 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with importsRefined products:97.09 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2025
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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.