Switzerland · Oil imports
Switzerland: crude oil and fuel imports since 2012
Switzerland is not an EU member state: its figures are never part of an EU total, share or ranking.
Counted by country of origin, as the country's customs statistics record it, for crude oil and refined products alike.
Source: Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS, “Waren: Aussenhandel nach Tarifnummer / Land”, https://www.bazg.admin.ch/de/schweizerische-aussenhandelsstatistik-datenbank-opendata (retrieved 2 October 2026).
Figures from Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS are shown as published. Shares, sums, tonnes and euro values are our own calculation (Fuel Origin), not figures from Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS. Method: tonnes = kilograms divided by one thousand; euros = Swiss francs divided by the month's mean ECB euro reference rate; a share = one partner's tonnes divided by the sum of every row published for the month. How this figure is made
Provisional: January 2026, February 2026, March 2026, April 2026, May 2026, June 2026, July 2026, August 2026. These months are subject to change until the annual closing in June (Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS).
Partner = country of origin as recorded by the customs declarations; goods from EU countries may be declared by country of dispatch when their origin is not known.
In 2017, Switzerland imported 2.8 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (45%), Kazakhstan (35%) and Libya (12%). Its refined-product imports were 6.4 million tonnes, most from Germany (61%), Belgium (13%) and France (10%).
Source & method
- Source
- Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS (BAZG / OFDF / UDSC), Switzerland — Waren: Aussenhandel nach Tarifnummer / Land
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by country of origin, as the country's customs statistics record it, for crude oil and refined products alike.
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, 2017
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2012 to August 2026
- Nigeria
- United States
- Kazakhstan
- Libya
- Algeria
- Mexico
- Other origins
- Not published
- Provisional, subject to change until the annual closing in June
Every crude origin, 2017
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | Share:45% | Thousand tonnes:1,284 | |
| Kazakhstan | Share:35% | Thousand tonnes:991 | |
| Libya | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:331 | |
| Mexico | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:176 | |
| United States | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:42 | |
| Algeria | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:7 | |
| Russia | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:6 |
Source & method
- Source
- Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS (BAZG / OFDF / UDSC), Switzerland — Waren: Aussenhandel nach Tarifnummer / Land
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by country of origin, as the country's customs statistics record it, for crude oil and refined products alike.
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, 2017
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:2.97 Mt · Germany 46%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:1.65 Mt · Germany 72%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.72 Mt · Germany 74%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:not published |
| Fuel oil | Imports:not published |
| Naphtha | Imports:not published |
| LPG | Imports:0.03 Mt · Germany 71%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2017, Switzerland imported 3.0 million tonnes of road diesel, most from Germany (46%), Belgium (27%) and the Netherlands (18%).
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2012 to August 2026
- Germany
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- France
- China
- Italy
- Other origins
- Provisional, subject to change until the annual closing in June
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| GermanyEU | Share:46% | Thousand tonnes:1,367 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:795 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:18% | Thousand tonnes:533 | |
| FranceEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:161 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:103 | |
| United States | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:6 |
Source & method
- Source
- Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS (BAZG / OFDF / UDSC), Switzerland — Waren: Aussenhandel nach Tarifnummer / Land
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by country of origin, as the country's customs statistics record it, for crude oil and refined products alike.
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–August 2026 | Crude oil:2.11 Mt · United States 63%months: 8 with imports | Refined products:3.32 Mt · Germany 78%months: 8 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:3.05 Mt · United States 50%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.48 Mt · Germany 71%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:2.59 Mt · United States 55%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:6.09 Mt · Germany 71%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:2.75 Mt · United States 54%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.83 Mt · Germany 62%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:3.03 Mt · Nigeria 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.77 Mt · Germany 76%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:2.31 Mt · Nigeria 39%months: 11 with imports | Refined products:5.05 Mt · Germany 65%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:2.82 Mt · Nigeria 41%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.21 Mt · Germany 57%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:2.74 Mt · Nigeria 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.00 Mt · Germany 52%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:3.03 Mt · Nigeria 38%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.82 Mt · Germany 58%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017shown below | Crude oil:2.84 Mt · Nigeria 45%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:6.36 Mt · Germany 61%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:2.88 Mt · Nigeria 35%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:6.47 Mt · Germany 60%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:2.92 Mt · Nigeria 39%months: 11 with imports | Refined products:6.59 Mt · Germany 57%months: 12 with imports |
| 2014 | Crude oil:4.96 Mt · Libya 30%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.22 Mt · Germany 56%months: 12 with imports |
| 2013 | Crude oil:4.89 Mt · Libya 34%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:6.23 Mt · Germany 54%months: 12 with imports |
| 2012 | Crude oil:3.23 Mt · Libya 50%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:7.03 Mt · Germany 53%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Federal Office for Customs and Border Security FOCBS (BAZG / OFDF / UDSC), Switzerland — Waren: Aussenhandel nach Tarifnummer / Land
- Period
- 2017
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by country of origin, as the country's customs statistics record it, for crude oil and refined products alike.
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.