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 2023, the Netherlands imported 53.7 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (24%), Norway (16%) and the United Kingdom (12%). Its refined-product imports were 68.5 million tonnes, most from Belgium (26%), Germany (14%) and the United Kingdom (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- 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, 2023
Calculated4% 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, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:24% | Thousand tonnes:12,798 | |
| Norway | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:8,485 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:6,717 | |
| Iraq | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:5,437 | |
| Nigeria | Share:8% | Thousand tonnes:4,478 | |
| Brazil | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,480 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:3,465 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:2,475 | |
| Angola | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:1,801 | |
| Canada | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:1,073 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:431 | |
| Libya | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:318 | |
| Cameroon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:179 | |
| Congo | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:157 | |
| Gabon | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:154 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 4% | 2,295 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- 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, 2023
Calculated0.1% 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:9.54 Mt · Belgium 24%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:6.46 Mt · Belgium 32%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:2.69 Mt · United Arab Emirates 20%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:4.04 Mt · Belgium 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:24.07 Mt · Belgium 25%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:18.31 Mt · Belgium 32%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:3.42 Mt · United States 61%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2023, the Netherlands imported 9.5 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Belgium (24%), India (15%) and Qatar (15%).
0.6% 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 June 2026
- Belgium
- Russia
- Qatar
- India
- United States
- Germany
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelgiumEU | Share:24% | Thousand tonnes:2,327 | |
| India | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:1,448 | |
| Qatar | Share:15% | Thousand tonnes:1,409 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:960 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:568 | |
| China | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:539 | |
| United States | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:372 | |
| Singapore | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:367 | |
| Malaysia | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:266 | |
| Kuwait | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:216 | |
| Russia | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:186 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:150 | |
| PolandEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:127 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:114 | |
| Türkiye | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:91 | |
| FranceEU | Share:0.8% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| FinlandEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:61 | |
| SpainEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:43 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| Bahrain | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:35 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:23 | |
| Egypt | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.6% | 56 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- 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 |
| 2023shown below | 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 |
| 2018 | 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
- 2023
- 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.