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 2019, the Netherlands imported 57.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (37%), Iraq (12%) and Norway (11%). Its refined-product imports were 62.6 million tonnes, most from Russia (17%), Belgium (17%) 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
2019
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, 2019

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3% 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, 2019

Crude oil imports of Netherlands in 2019 by origin (by country of production).
RussiaShare:37%Thousand tonnes:21,527
IraqShare:12%Thousand tonnes:6,815
NorwayShare:11%Thousand tonnes:6,576
United KingdomShare:11%Thousand tonnes:6,449
KuwaitShare:7%Thousand tonnes:3,821
NigeriaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,631
IranShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,566
Saudi ArabiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,472
United StatesShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,182
LibyaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:789
MexicoShare:1%Thousand tonnes:580
BrazilShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:413
GabonShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:236
CameroonShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:214
AlgeriaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:137
ArgentinaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:132
CongoShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:116
EgyptShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:65
DenmarkEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:55
CanadaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:49
ItalyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:25
Trinidad and TobagoShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:12
Cannot be traced to a named country3%1,624
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2019
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, 2019

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3% 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:7.96 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:7.44 Mt · Russia 28%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:3.58 Mt · United Arab Emirates 27%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:4.79 Mt · Belgium 28%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:12.18 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports
Naphthashown belowImports:23.11 Mt · Belgium 19%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:3.52 Mt · United States 26%months: 12 with imports

Naphtha

In 2019, the Netherlands imported 23.1 million tonnes of naphtha, most from Belgium (19%), the United Kingdom (14%) and Russia (14%).

4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of naphtha 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 17.3%United Kingdom 18.2%Germany 14.9%Other origins 38.3%
  • Belgium
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • Russia
  • France
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Naphtha imports of Netherlands in 2019 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
BelgiumEUShare:19%Thousand tonnes:4,390
United KingdomShare:14%Thousand tonnes:3,300
RussiaShare:14%Thousand tonnes:3,225
GermanyEUShare:8%Thousand tonnes:1,899
SpainEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:1,391
FranceEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:1,362
AlgeriaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:1,238
ItalyEUShare:5%Thousand tonnes:1,171
SwedenEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:692
DenmarkEUShare:3%Thousand tonnes:636
PortugalEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:538
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:450
United StatesShare:1%Thousand tonnes:326
NigeriaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:244
CanadaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:171
PolandEUShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:142
EgyptShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:136
IrelandEUShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:131
FinlandEUShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:116
ColombiaShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:89
LatviaEUShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:65
LibyaShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:63
TürkiyeShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:56
BrazilShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:49
SingaporeShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:49
South KoreaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:46
Saudi ArabiaShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:46
VenezuelaShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:28
CongoShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:23
IsraelShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:23
AustriaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:22
LithuaniaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:14
EstoniaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:12
GeorgiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:11
SwitzerlandShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:9
ArgentinaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:6
GreeceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:5
CzechiaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:4
SlovakiaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:3
Cannot be traced to a named country4%931
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2019
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
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
2019shown belowCrude 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
2019
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.