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 2021, the Netherlands imported 52.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (32%), the United States (13%) and the United Kingdom (12%). Its refined-product imports were 76.1 million tonnes, most from Belgium (17%), Russia (17%) and Germany (8%).

Calculated
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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.

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Crude oil, 2021

Calculated

0.4% 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, 2021

Crude oil imports of Netherlands in 2021 by origin (by country of production).
RussiaShare:32%Thousand tonnes:16,826
United StatesShare:13%Thousand tonnes:6,892
United KingdomShare:12%Thousand tonnes:6,439
NorwayShare:11%Thousand tonnes:5,973
NigeriaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,150
LibyaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:2,994
Saudi ArabiaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,143
BrazilShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,472
AlgeriaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,438
CameroonShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,004
IraqShare:2%Thousand tonnes:975
KazakhstanShare:1%Thousand tonnes:635
ArgentinaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:428
CanadaShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:403
GabonShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:343
AngolaShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:253
Equatorial GuineaShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:190
TunisiaShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:142
UruguayShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:136
DenmarkEUShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:136
ItalyEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:76
CuraçaoShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:75
GhanaShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:57
Trinidad and TobagoShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:38
MexicoShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:31
BoliviaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:28
YemenShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:6
KuwaitShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:1
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
ColombiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
BelgiumEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
EgyptShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
SingaporeShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Cannot be traced to a named country0.4%216
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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, 2021

Calculated

17% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselImports:4.89 Mt · Belgium 29%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:8.00 Mt · Belgium 20%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelshown belowImports:4.67 Mt · United Arab Emirates 16%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:4.90 Mt · Belgium 37%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:28.27 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:22.19 Mt · Belgium 18%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:3.14 Mt · Norway 38%months: 12 with imports

Jet fuel

In 2021, the Netherlands imported 4.7 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the United Arab Emirates (16%), Kuwait (12%) and South Korea (11%).

18% 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 June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Kuwait 20.6%Belgium 16.6%Other origins 62.8%
  • United Arab Emirates
  • South Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Belgium
  • India
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Jet fuel imports of Netherlands in 2021 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
United Arab EmiratesShare:16%Thousand tonnes:724
KuwaitShare:12%Thousand tonnes:552
South KoreaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:526
IndiaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:386
SingaporeShare:5%Thousand tonnes:215
BelgiumEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:186
EgyptShare:3%Thousand tonnes:156
BahrainShare:3%Thousand tonnes:155
ChinaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:140
MalaysiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:123
GermanyEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:83
RussiaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:83
ItalyEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:71
IrelandEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:68
LibyaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:66
SpainEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:59
GreeceEUShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:33
AlgeriaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:32
GeorgiaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:31
Saudi ArabiaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:31
TürkiyeShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:31
FinlandEUShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:28
United KingdomShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:25
United StatesShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:16
SwedenEUShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:13
QatarShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:7
FranceEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:5
DenmarkEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:2
Cannot be traced to a named country18%818
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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
2025Crude 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
2021shown belowCrude 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
2021
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.