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 2023, Portugal imported 9.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Brazil (44%), Algeria (14%) and Nigeria (13%). Its refined-product imports were 4.5 million tonnes, most from Spain (36%), Saudi Arabia (13%) and the Netherlands (10%).
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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Brazil
- Algeria
- Angola
- Azerbaijan
- Nigeria
- Russia
- Other origins
Every crude origin, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Share:44% | Thousand tonnes:4,193 | |
| Algeria | Share:14% | Thousand tonnes:1,352 | |
| Nigeria | Share:13% | Thousand tonnes:1,208 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:631 | |
| United States | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:542 | |
| Congo | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:489 | |
| Angola | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:388 | |
| Ghana | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:379 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:242 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| United Kingdom | 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
- 2023
- 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, 2023
Calculated0.7% 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:1.73 Mt · Spain 63%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.39 Mt · Spain 58%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.44 Mt · China 55%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.05 Mt · Spain 100%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:1.33 Mt · Saudi Arabia 43%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.01 Mt · Spain 99%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.52 Mt · United States 47%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2023, Portugal imported 1.7 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Spain (63%), the Netherlands (16%) and the United Arab Emirates (6%).
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Spain
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- United States
- Saudi Arabia
- India
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpainEU | Share:63% | Thousand tonnes:1,087 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:282 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:105 | |
| United States | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:84 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:50 | |
| Oman | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:41 | |
| Kuwait | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:40 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:37 | |
| EstoniaEU | Share:0.3% | Thousand tonnes:4 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| CzechiaEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| FranceEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| Cabo Verde | 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
- 2023
- 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 |
| 2023shown below | 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 |
| 2020 | 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
- 2023
- 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.