Portugal · Oil imports
Portugal: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2020, Portugal imported 10.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Brazil (26%), Nigeria (16%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 3.1 million tonnes, most from Spain (49%), Russia (17%) and the United States (12%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2020
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2020
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Brazil
- Algeria
- Angola
- Azerbaijan
- Nigeria
- Russia
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2020
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Share:26% | Thousand tonnes:2,818 | |
| Nigeria | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:1,717 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:1,063 | |
| Angola | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:1,046 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:929 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:756 | |
| United States | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:691 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:632 | |
| Algeria | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:476 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:245 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:184 | |
| Congo | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:121 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:79 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2020
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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, 2020
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:0.91 Mt · Spain 86%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.20 Mt · Spain 84%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:<0.01 Mt · Spain 89%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.07 Mt · Spain 88%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oilshown below | Imports:0.93 Mt · Russia 51%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.28 Mt · Spain 77%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.75 Mt · United States 52%months: 12 with imports |
Fuel oil
In 2020, Portugal imported 931 thousand tonnes of fuel oil, most from Russia (51%), Spain (24%) and Sweden (12%).
Share of fuel oil imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Spain
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
- India
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:51% | Thousand tonnes:475 | |
| SpainEU | Share:24% | Thousand tonnes:224 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:116 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:43 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:34 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:30 | |
| LatviaEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:10 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2020
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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–July 2026 | Crude oil:6.28 Mt · Brazil 55%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:2.33 Mt · Spain 45%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:8.20 Mt · Brazil 43%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.57 Mt · Spain 35%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:10.69 Mt · Brazil 44%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.85 Mt · Spain 42%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:9.42 Mt · Brazil 44%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.47 Mt · Spain 36%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:9.86 Mt · Brazil 38%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.61 Mt · Spain 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:9.54 Mt · Brazil 39%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.36 Mt · Spain 36%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020shown below | Crude oil:10.76 Mt · Brazil 26%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.15 Mt · Spain 49%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:11.20 Mt · Angola 21%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.28 Mt · Spain 31%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:12.31 Mt · Angola 16%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:2.87 Mt · Spain 38%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:13.96 Mt · Russia 24%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:2.96 Mt · Spain 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:13.60 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:2.77 Mt · Spain 43%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:13.83 Mt · Angola 23%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:2.98 Mt · Spain 36%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2020
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
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.