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 April 2024, all 27 EU member states reported importing 1,801 kt of LPG; the largest origins outside the EU were the United States (29%), Norway (15%) and Algeria (14%), and 21% came from other EU member states, with less than 1% not attributed to any country.

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  • Reported (solid)
  • Summed by us (dotted)
  • Origin not reported (hatched)
The numbers as a table
Reported imports, largest first
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
United StatesNetherlands174,10454.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)Other EU (18)122,243—Summed by usSum of 18 reported flows, added up on this page.
United StatesBelgium111,90042.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
AlgeriaItaly111,74859.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
RussiaPoland106,19254.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)Germany106,03086.6%Summed by usSum of 4 reported flows, added up on this page.
NorwaySweden85,87071.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
AlgeriaFrance84,00035.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayBelgium79,80030.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United StatesFrance70,00029.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayNetherlands68,02621.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)Poland61,94431.9%Summed by usSum of 6 reported flows, added up on this page.
United KingdomFrance52,00021.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)Italy51,98027.5%Summed by usSum of 5 reported flows, added up on this page.
United StatesOther EU (18)50,958—Summed by usSum of 4 reported flows, added up on this page.
RussiaOther EU (18)50,572—Summed by usSum of 5 reported flows, added up on this page.
United StatesSpain49,51948.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
AlgeriaSpain47,39846.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomNetherlands40,86412.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomBelgium39,60014.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)Netherlands37,57511.7%Summed by usSum of 5 reported flows, added up on this page.
Other origins (33)Belgium33,70012.7%Summed by usSum of 5 reported flows, added up on this page.
United StatesSweden33,63628.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United StatesItaly25,19013.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)France20,0008.3%Summed by usSum of 5 reported flows, added up on this page.
United KingdomOther EU (18)13,504—Summed by usSum of 2 reported flows, added up on this page.
NorwayPoland13,3906.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayFrance11,0004.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
AlgeriaOther EU (18)8,544—Summed by usSum of 2 reported flows, added up on this page.
United StatesGermany8,0756.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomPoland7,1573.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Other origins (33)Spain5,6405.5%Summed by usSum of 2 reported flows, added up on this page.
United StatesPoland5,2772.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwayGermany4,2363.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
United KingdomGermany4,0483.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Origin not reportedFrance3,0001.3%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
Origin not reportedOther EU (18)2,44811.2%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.

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
Eurostat (European Commission)Official
Period 2024-04 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:22 UTCConfidenceOfficialMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: where the LPG was produced. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2024-04, 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: 2024-04 (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: Luxembourg. 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.