Fuel Origin

Flows

How oil reaches each country

Where the EU’s crude oil and fuel come from, as each member state reports its imports; every band’s width is proportional to tonnes.

In August 2024, all 27 EU member states reported importing 3,476 kt of fuel oil; the largest origins outside the EU were the United Kingdom (19%), and 70% came from other EU member states, with 1% not attributed to any country.

Countries shownAll countriesTop 5 originsTop 5 destinations
OilCrude oilRoad dieselPetrolJet fuelHeating and other gasoilFuel oilNaphthaLPG
Month
Aug 2024
Latest month all EU members reported
2026
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2024
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Where the oil was produced

  • Reported (solid)
  • Summed by us (dotted)
  • Origin not reported (hatched)
The numbers as a table
Reported imports, largest first
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
BelgiumNetherlands425,89124.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomNetherlands417,44224.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsBelgium247,70086.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
FranceNetherlands227,90813.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyNetherlands224,00313.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomSpain203,51539.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
MaltaGreece152,45978.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
ItalySpain130,31725.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
EstoniaNetherlands110,6136.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United StatesNetherlands100,3335.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
PolandNetherlands97,1805.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SpainCyprus82,00157.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesNetherlands67,8734.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
NetherlandsDenmark60,00093.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUItaly51,10254.5%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
ItalyMalta48,68032.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUMalta48,34131.9%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
NetherlandsSpain45,5878.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUNetherlands42,1942.5%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
SwedenMalta36,97424.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SwedenSpain36,8707.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanySweden35,95277.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesSpain35,0006.8%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
MaltaCyprus32,90723.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsGermany32,83034.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUFinland31,00067.4%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
FranceGreece29,99415.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Origin not reportedSpain28,8985.6%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
Other EU member statesItaly27,66329.5%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUFrance27,00039.1%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUCyprus26,03718.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
FranceSpain24,5864.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesGermany22,26123.1%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
BelgiumFrance20,00029.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BelgiumGermany17,53018.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SpainPortugal17,135100.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BelgiumFinland15,00032.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesEstonia15,00053.6%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
NetherlandsItaly14,92615.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesMalta14,5839.6%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
SpainFrance14,00020.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyBelgium13,1004.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUGermany13,03913.5%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
United StatesBelgium13,0004.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomBelgium11,5004.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesSweden10,74923.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
United KingdomGermany10,43610.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesSlovakia8,179100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Origin not reportedFrance7,00010.1%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
Other origins outside the EUSpain6,9011.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUGreece6,3573.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
SwedenEstonia6,00021.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomGreece5,8873.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyDenmark4,0006.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United StatesEstonia4,00014.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesBulgaria3,85993.1%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
United StatesMalta3,0042.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsEstonia3,00010.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesCyprus1,6481.2%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
EstoniaLithuania1,20085.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyFrance1,0001.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesPoland1,000100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesCroatia434100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUBulgaria2856.9%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesLatvia268100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
PolandGermany2570.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesLithuania20014.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Source & method
Source
Eurostat (European Commission)Official
Period 2024-08 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:22 UTCConfidenceOfficialMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: where the fuel oil was produced. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2024-08, in tonnes. Every solid flow is a figure a member state published. In the Top 5 views the other side keeps its eight largest countries and sums the rest into one “Other” row (our arithmetic, dotted).

Month: 2024-08 (requested; 27 of 27 member states reported). Energy basis: the country where the oil was produced, as each EU member state reports it (Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm).

Not in the diagram: Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovenia. They reported no imports above zero from any named origin for this month (a reported zero, or origins the publisher withheld). That is not the same as importing nothing.

  • Energy basis (Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm): the country where the oil was produced, as each EU member state reports it. The customs basis (country of consignment) is not mixed in.
  • Imports from other EU member states are mostly re-exports of oil produced elsewhere; they are grouped separately so they are not read as production.
  • A member state's imports the publisher did not attribute to a country are shown as 'Origin not reported', never spread over the named origins.