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Spain · Oil imports

Spain: 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 2015, Spain imported 67.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (16%), Mexico (13%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 16.4 million tonnes, most from Russia (17%), Portugal (12%) and Italy (10%).

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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
2015
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, 2015

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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%Nigeria 11.1%Mexico 12.0%United States 15.5%Brazil 11.0%Other origins 36.8%
  • Nigeria
  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Libya
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2015

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2015 by origin (by the country the cargo was shipped from).
NigeriaShare:16%Thousand tonnes:10,534
MexicoShare:13%Thousand tonnes:8,744
Saudi ArabiaShare:10%Thousand tonnes:6,680
AngolaShare:9%Thousand tonnes:5,932
RussiaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:4,111
United KingdomShare:6%Thousand tonnes:4,098
IraqShare:6%Thousand tonnes:3,905
ColombiaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,379
VenezuelaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,265
AlgeriaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:3,223
KazakhstanShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,722
BrazilShare:3%Thousand tonnes:1,913
LibyaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,568
Equatorial GuineaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,502
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,144
GabonShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,069
AzerbaijanShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,057
CanadaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:494
CameroonShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:485
CongoShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:441
ItalyEUShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:353
AlbaniaShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:282
EgyptShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:249
EstoniaEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:145
TürkiyeShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:83
TurkmenistanShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:82
FranceEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:79
United StatesShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:77
NetherlandsEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:73
DenmarkEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:39
Côte d’IvoireShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:33
SloveniaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:33
PortugalEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:20
MaltaEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:16
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:1
United Arab EmiratesShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
EcuadorShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Costa RicaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
GibraltarShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
MalaysiaShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
BangladeshShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
PanamaShare:<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
2015
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, 2015

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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 dieselImports:3.38 Mt · Portugal 30%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.43 Mt · Italy 73%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelshown belowImports:2.14 Mt · Saudi Arabia 32%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.69 Mt · Russia 49%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:7.70 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:0.82 Mt · Algeria 46%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.21 Mt · Algeria 47%months: 12 with imports

Jet fuel

In 2015, Spain imported 2.1 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from Saudi Arabia (32%), the United Arab Emirates (18%) and Morocco (5%).

4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of jet fuel 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%India 16.0%Other origins 65.2%
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Greece
  • United Arab Emirates
  • India
  • Kuwait
  • Algeria
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Jet fuel imports of Spain in 2015 by origin (by the country the cargo was shipped from).
Saudi ArabiaShare:32%Thousand tonnes:684
United Arab EmiratesShare:18%Thousand tonnes:375
MoroccoShare:5%Thousand tonnes:111
United KingdomShare:5%Thousand tonnes:110
KuwaitShare:5%Thousand tonnes:98
South KoreaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:94
ChinaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:89
AlgeriaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:84
GreeceEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:83
IndiaShare:3%Thousand tonnes:63
EgyptShare:3%Thousand tonnes:60
TürkiyeShare:3%Thousand tonnes:59
ItalyEUShare:2%Thousand tonnes:49
GibraltarShare:1%Thousand tonnes:24
LibyaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:21
OmanShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:20
CubaShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:20
SingaporeShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:8
NetherlandsEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:4
PortugalEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
FranceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
BelgiumEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Côte d’IvoireShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Cannot be traced to a named country4%77
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
2015
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:34.20 Mt · United States 15%months: 7 with importsRefined products:9.26 Mt · Italy 23%months: 7 with imports
2025Crude oil:61.83 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:14.90 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:64.81 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:14.22 Mt · Italy 24%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:62.24 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.34 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:64.78 Mt · Nigeria 13%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.69 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:57.82 Mt · Nigeria 18%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.15 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:58.04 Mt · Nigeria 19%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.76 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:66.75 Mt · Nigeria 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.53 Mt · Russia 16%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:68.31 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.54 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:67.85 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:18.87 Mt · Italy 21%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:65.10 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.69 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2015shown belowCrude oil:67.83 Mt · Nigeria 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.37 Mt · Russia 17%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
2015
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.