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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 2021, Portugal imported 9.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Brazil (39%), Nigeria (23%) and Azerbaijan (12%). Its refined-product imports were 4.4 million tonnes, most from Spain (36%), Russia (18%) and the United States (12%).

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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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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, 2021

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Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Brazil 56.1%Other origins 24.6%
  • Brazil
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Azerbaijan
  • Nigeria
  • Russia
  • Other origins

Every crude origin, 2021

Crude oil imports of Portugal in 2021 by origin (by the country the cargo was shipped from).
BrazilShare:39%Thousand tonnes:3,741
NigeriaShare:23%Thousand tonnes:2,175
AzerbaijanShare:12%Thousand tonnes:1,162
United StatesShare:10%Thousand tonnes:946
United KingdomShare:3%Thousand tonnes:266
Equatorial GuineaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:265
Democratic Republic of the CongoShare:3%Thousand tonnes:252
Saudi ArabiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:245
AlgeriaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:244
AngolaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:130
NorwayShare:1%Thousand tonnes:114
SpainEUShare:<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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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, 2021

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<0.1% 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 dieselshown belowImports:1.73 Mt · Spain 57%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.21 Mt · Spain 85%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:0.15 Mt · Singapore 29%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.05 Mt · Spain 85%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:1.28 Mt · Russia 60%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:0.19 Mt · Spain 45%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:0.76 Mt · United States 53%months: 12 with imports

Road diesel

In 2021, Portugal imported 1.7 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Spain (57%), the Netherlands (14%) and the United Arab Emirates (12%).

Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jul 20260%25%50%75%100%Spain 95.2%
  • Spain
  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
  • United States
  • Saudi Arabia
  • India
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Road diesel imports of Portugal in 2021 by origin (by the country the cargo was shipped from).
SpainEUShare:57%Thousand tonnes:993
NetherlandsEUShare:14%Thousand tonnes:243
United Arab EmiratesShare:12%Thousand tonnes:200
IndiaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:140
United StatesShare:4%Thousand tonnes:71
BelgiumEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:70
FinlandEUShare:0.8%Thousand tonnes:13
CyprusEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
United KingdomShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
ItalyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
FranceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Cabo VerdeShare:<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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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

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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–July 2026Crude oil:6.28 Mt · Brazil 55%months: 7 with importsRefined products:2.33 Mt · Spain 45%months: 7 with imports
2025Crude oil:8.20 Mt · Brazil 43%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.57 Mt · Spain 35%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:10.69 Mt · Brazil 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:3.85 Mt · Spain 42%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:9.42 Mt · Brazil 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.47 Mt · Spain 36%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:9.86 Mt · Brazil 38%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.61 Mt · Spain 34%months: 12 with imports
2021shown belowCrude oil:9.54 Mt · Brazil 39%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.36 Mt · Spain 36%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:10.76 Mt · Brazil 26%months: 12 with importsRefined products:3.15 Mt · Spain 49%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:11.20 Mt · Angola 21%months: 12 with importsRefined products:4.28 Mt · Spain 31%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:12.31 Mt · Angola 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.87 Mt · Spain 38%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:13.96 Mt · Russia 24%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.96 Mt · Spain 45%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:13.60 Mt · Russia 23%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.77 Mt · Spain 43%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:13.83 Mt · Angola 23%months: 12 with importsRefined 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)
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2021
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.