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 May 2026, 26 of 27 EU member states reported importing 915 kt of heating and other gasoil; the largest origins outside the EU were Norway (9%) and China (6%), and 63% came from other EU member states, with 1% not attributed to any country.
Countries shownAll countriesTop 5 originsTop 5 destinations
Month
Norway84 kt (9%)China58 kt (6%)Singapore38 kt (4%)Canada25 kt (3%)United States24 kt (3%)United Kingdom22 kt (2%)Other origins outside the EU84 kt (9%)Netherlands171 kt (19%)Belgium152 kt (17%)Sweden117 kt (13%)Greece53 kt (6%)Germany22 kt (2%)Denmark19 kt (2%)Other EU member states38 kt (4%)Origin not reported8.7 kt (<1%)Denmark151 kt (17%)Netherlands120 kt (13%)Spain108 kt (12%)France102 kt (11%)Finland97 kt (11%)Malta78 kt (9%)Belgium78 kt (8%)Cyprus70 kt (8%)Germany36 kt (4%)Austria18 kt (2%)Sweden13 kt (1%)Luxembourg11 kt (1%)Slovenia10 kt (1%)Ireland9.9 kt (1%)Bulgaria6.0 kt (<1%)Latvia3.4 kt (<1%)Portugal1.4 kt (<1%)Croatia0.5 kt (<1%)Slovakia0.5 kt (<1%)Lithuania0.1 kt (<1%)
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Where the oil was produced
- Norway84 kt (9%)
- China58 kt (6%)
- Singapore38 kt (4%)
- Canada25 kt (3%)
- United States24 kt (3%)
- United Kingdom22 kt (2%)
- Other origins outside the EU84 kt (9%)
- Netherlands171 kt (19%)
- Belgium152 kt (17%)
- Sweden117 kt (13%)
- Greece53 kt (6%)
- Germany22 kt (2%)
- Denmark19 kt (2%)
- Other EU member states38 kt (4%)
- Origin not reported8.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Netherlands | 91,638 | 76.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Malta | 77,973 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Finland | 73,000 | 75.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Norway | Denmark | 65,468 | 43.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| China | Belgium | 57,900 | 74.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Greece | Cyprus | 52,573 | 75.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Spain | 39,948 | 36.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Denmark | 39,826 | 26.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Singapore | France | 38,000 | 37.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Spain | 37,957 | 35.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Spain | 28,428 | 26.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United States | France | 24,000 | 23.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | France | 20,000 | 19.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Belgium | 19,500 | 25.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Cyprus | 17,211 | 24.7% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Norway | Germany | 16,442 | 45.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Canada | Denmark | 15,505 | 10.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Finland | 15,000 | 15.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Denmark | 13,054 | 8.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Denmark | Netherlands | 11,778 | 9.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Denmark | 11,720 | 7.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Austria | 11,656 | 64.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Ireland | 9,949 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Luxembourg | 9,544 | 85.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Canada | Finland | 9,000 | 9.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Germany | 8,457 | 23.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Netherlands | 8,389 | 7.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Germany | 8,257 | 22.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | France | 8,000 | 7.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Slovenia | 8,000 | 80.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Austria | 6,474 | 35.7% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Bulgaria | 6,049 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Denmark | Sweden | 5,964 | 44.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Sweden | 5,515 | 41.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | France | 5,000 | 4.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Origin not reported | Denmark | 4,738 | 3.1% | Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners. |
| Sweden | Netherlands | 4,653 | 3.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Origin not reported | France | 4,000 | 3.9% | Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners. |
| Other EU member states | Latvia | 3,402 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Netherlands | 3,148 | 2.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | France | 3,000 | 2.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Spain | 2,003 | 1.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Slovenia | 2,000 | 20.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Norway | Sweden | 1,607 | 12.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Portugal | 1,446 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Germany | 1,238 | 3.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Germany | Luxembourg | 1,203 | 10.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Denmark | Germany | 1,094 | 3.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Germany | 1,005 | 2.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Denmark | 587 | 0.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Germany | Denmark | 533 | 0.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Croatia | 500 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Slovakia | 492 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Luxembourg | 374 | 3.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Sweden | 356 | 2.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Belgium | 100 | 0.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Lithuania | 100 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
2 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 2026-05 (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
- 2026-05 (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 2026-05, 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: 2026-05 (requested; 26 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: Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, 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.