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 March 2025, all 27 EU member states reported importing 1,223 kt of heating and other gasoil; the largest origins outside the EU were Norway (6%), and 77% came from other EU member states, with 3% not attributed to any country.

The numbers as a table
Reported imports, largest first
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
NetherlandsFrance106,00032.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BelgiumNetherlands78,50847.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BelgiumGermany75,40254.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SwedenDenmark71,00049.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SpainFrance65,00019.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayDenmark61,00042.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyNetherlands55,69734.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SwedenFinland55,00059.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GibraltarSpain50,07165.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
FranceMalta39,859100.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsGermany39,66428.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BelgiumFrance32,0009.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsBelgium31,30071.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
ItalyFrance30,0009.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
PortugalFrance29,0008.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
TürkiyeCyprus24,00461.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BelgiumLuxembourg19,11283.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SpainNetherlands19,02911.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUFinland19,00020.7%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Origin not reportedFrance19,0005.8%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
BelgiumFinland18,00019.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyAustria17,02043.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
ItalySlovenia16,00084.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SwedenFrance16,0004.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayGermany15,68411.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUBulgaria15,60699.7%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesSweden14,73974.7%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
United KingdomIreland13,649100.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesAustria13,11933.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUFrance13,0004.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Origin not reportedSpain11,44714.9%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
SpainPortugal10,949100.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomSpain10,90214.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomBelgium10,30023.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
ItalyAustria9,21523.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesFrance9,0002.8%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUCyprus8,21021.1%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
GermanyFrance8,0002.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
FranceDenmark8,0005.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
SwedenNetherlands7,6274.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesCyprus6,72517.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesGreece5,703100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
ItalySpain4,1865.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesCzechia4,000100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Origin not reportedDenmark4,0002.8%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
GermanyLuxembourg3,91417.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesGermany3,7432.7%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesEstonia3,500100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
FranceGermany2,8892.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUSweden2,46912.5%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesLatvia2,000100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
TürkiyeSlovenia2,00010.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GermanyBelgium1,5003.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsSweden1,3757.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayNetherlands1,2320.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
FranceNetherlands1,1720.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwaySweden1,1385.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesSlovakia1,091100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
GermanyDenmark1,0000.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
FranceBelgium1,0002.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other EU member statesSlovenia1,0005.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesNetherlands5730.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesLithuania400100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesPoland397100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesBulgaria540.3%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
Eurostat (European Commission)Official
Period 2025-03 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:22 UTCConfidenceOfficialMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: where the heating and other gasoil was produced. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2025-03, 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: 2025-03 (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: Croatia, 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.