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 2018, the Netherlands imported 54.3 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (40%), Iraq (12%) and the United Kingdom (11%). Its refined-product imports were 62.6 million tonnes, most from Russia (18%), Belgium (17%) and the United Kingdom (13%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated3% 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
- Russia
- Norway
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Iraq
- Nigeria
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:40% | Thousand tonnes:21,786 | |
| Iraq | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:6,423 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:6,137 | |
| Norway | Share:11% | Thousand tonnes:5,988 | |
| Kuwait | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:3,547 | |
| Nigeria | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,203 | |
| Iran | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,433 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,327 | |
| Libya | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:941 | |
| Mexico | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:819 | |
| United States | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:312 | |
| Brazil | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:222 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:214 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:188 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:157 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:57 | |
| Canada | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:27 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:13 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 3% | 1,461 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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, 2018
Calculated3% 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:6.43 Mt · Russia 30%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:7.91 Mt · Russia 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:3.35 Mt · United Arab Emirates 27%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:5.52 Mt · Belgium 28%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:12.92 Mt · Belgium 18%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:22.38 Mt · Belgium 19%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:4.11 Mt · United Kingdom 28%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2018, the Netherlands imported 7.9 million tonnes of petrol, most from Russia (28%), Belgium (15%) and the United Kingdom (15%).
10% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Belgium
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Sweden
- Russia
- Spain
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:28% | Thousand tonnes:2,195 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:1,219 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:1,165 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:729 | |
| FranceEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:575 | |
| SpainEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:411 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:409 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| IrelandEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:72 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:62 | |
| Norway | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:56 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:20 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| Nigeria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:17 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| PolandEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| PortugalEU | Share:0.1% | Thousand tonnes:9 | |
| United States | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| LithuaniaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| Venezuela | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 10% | 821 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- 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
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–June 2026 | Crude oil:27.01 Mt · United States 25%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:33.54 Mt · Belgium 27%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:52.45 Mt · United States 22%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:66.61 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:48.37 Mt · United States 26%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:71.87 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:53.74 Mt · United States 24%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:68.52 Mt · Belgium 26%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:53.19 Mt · Russia 27%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:75.53 Mt · Belgium 26%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:52.50 Mt · Russia 32%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:76.05 Mt · Belgium 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:49.55 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:67.83 Mt · Belgium 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:57.49 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:62.58 Mt · Russia 17%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:54.31 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:62.62 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:52.93 Mt · Russia 40%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:68.03 Mt · Russia 18%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:55.41 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:93.37 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:54.03 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports | Refined 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
- Period
- 2018
- 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.