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 September 2024, all 27 EU member states reported importing 1,502 kt of heating and other gasoil; the largest origins outside the EU were the United States (15%), Saudi Arabia (7%) and Qatar (5%), and 60% came from other EU member states, with less than 1% not attributed to any country.
Countries shownAll countriesTop 5 originsTop 5 destinations
Month
United States227 kt (15%)Saudi Arabia110 kt (7%)Qatar79 kt (5%)United Kingdom47 kt (3%)United Arab Emirates37 kt (2%)Other origins outside the EU87 kt (6%)Belgium238 kt (16%)Netherlands211 kt (14%)Sweden118 kt (8%)Germany70 kt (5%)Italy66 kt (4%)Spain62 kt (4%)Greece54 kt (4%)Other EU member states88 kt (6%)Origin not reported6.8 kt (<1%)Denmark279 kt (19%)Netherlands233 kt (15%)France223 kt (15%)Germany194 kt (13%)Belgium171 kt (11%)Finland75 kt (5%)Cyprus61 kt (4%)Spain54 kt (4%)Austria53 kt (4%)Slovenia26 kt (2%)Sweden25 kt (2%)Slovakia24 kt (2%)Malta22 kt (1%)Luxembourg19 kt (1%)Bulgaria18 kt (1%)Ireland14 kt (<1%)Estonia3.0 kt (<1%)Czechia2.0 kt (<1%)Latvia2.0 kt (<1%)Portugal1.8 kt (<1%)Poland1.0 kt (<1%)Croatia0.1 kt (<1%)Lithuania0.1 kt (<1%)
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Where the oil was produced
- United States227 kt (15%)
- Saudi Arabia110 kt (7%)
- Qatar79 kt (5%)
- United Kingdom47 kt (3%)
- United Arab Emirates37 kt (2%)
- Other origins outside the EU87 kt (6%)
- Belgium238 kt (16%)
- Netherlands211 kt (14%)
- Sweden118 kt (8%)
- Germany70 kt (5%)
- Italy66 kt (4%)
- Spain62 kt (4%)
- Greece54 kt (4%)
- Other EU member states88 kt (6%)
- Origin not reported6.8 kt (<1%)
- Reported (solid)
- Summed by us (dotted)
- Origin not reported (hatched)
- Reported; colour = country of production
- Summed by us (dotted)
- Origin not reported (hatched)
The numbers as a table
| From | To | Tonnes | Share | How we know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Denmark | 121,000 | 43.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Germany | 115,007 | 59.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Denmark | 79,000 | 28.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Belgium | 73,900 | 43.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Germany | 73,845 | 38.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Netherlands | 72,173 | 31.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Saudi Arabia | Belgium | 63,000 | 36.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United States | France | 62,000 | 27.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | France | 60,000 | 26.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Greece | Cyprus | 53,535 | 87.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | France | 51,000 | 22.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Qatar | Denmark | 48,000 | 17.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Saudi Arabia | Netherlands | 41,022 | 17.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Finland | 39,000 | 52.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Arab Emirates | Netherlands | 36,553 | 15.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Belgium | 33,800 | 19.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Spain | 33,583 | 62.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Netherlands | 32,437 | 13.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | France | 30,000 | 13.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United States | Netherlands | 28,858 | 12.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Italy | Slovenia | 24,000 | 92.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Slovakia | 23,949 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Malta | 22,489 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Austria | 22,189 | 41.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Denmark | 22,000 | 7.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Austria | 19,218 | 36.1% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Bulgaria | 17,939 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Sweden | 17,920 | 70.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | Luxembourg | 16,146 | 84.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Qatar | Finland | 16,000 | 21.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | France | 15,000 | 6.7% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| United States | Finland | 15,000 | 20.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Qatar | Netherlands | 13,813 | 5.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Ireland | 13,592 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Italy | Austria | 11,832 | 22.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Denmark | 8,000 | 2.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Netherlands | 7,954 | 3.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Cyprus | 7,883 | 12.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Spain | 7,727 | 14.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Origin not reported | Spain | 6,823 | 12.6% | Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners. |
| Saudi Arabia | Spain | 5,987 | 11.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Germany | 5,018 | 2.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | Finland | 5,000 | 6.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Sweden | 3,152 | 12.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | France | 3,000 | 1.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Estonia | 3,000 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Sweden | 2,870 | 11.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | France | 2,000 | 0.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Slovenia | 2,000 | 7.7% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Latvia | 2,000 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Spain | Portugal | 1,844 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Luxembourg | 1,520 | 8.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Luxembourg | 1,445 | 7.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Qatar | Sweden | 1,336 | 5.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Czechia | 1,000 | 50.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Denmark | 1,000 | 0.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Czechia | 1,000 | 50.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Poland | 1,000 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| United States | Germany | 459 | 0.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Croatia | 113 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Lithuania | 100 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Spain | 67 | 0.1% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
3 flows with a share under 0.1% are not listed here. They are still counted in every total and drawn in the diagram, and the CSV under Source & method lists every flow.
Source & method
Source Period 2024-09 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:22 UTCConfidenceOfficialMethodologyDownload CSV
Eurostat (European Commission)Official
Provenance
OfficialOfficial- Publisher
- Eurostat (European Commission)
- Dataset id
- Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly datanrg_ti_oilmeurostat_nrg_ti_oilm
- Period
- 2024-09 (month)
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23 07:29 UTC
- Type
- Official
- Transformation
- none applied - stored exactly as published
- Licence
- Commission Decision 2011/833/EU - reuse authorised with attribution
- Tonnes are the figures each member state published (OFFICIAL); shares and the 'Other' and 'Origin not reported' sums are our arithmetic on them (CALCULATED).
- Energy basis: the country where the oil was produced.
Left: where the heating and other gasoil was produced. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2024-09, 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: 2024-09 (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: Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania. 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.