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 2024, all 27 EU member states reported importing 2,148 kt of petrol; the largest origins outside the EU were the United Kingdom (9%), and 81% came from other EU member states, with less than 1% not attributed to any country.
Countries shownAll countriesTop 5 originsTop 5 destinations
Month
United Kingdom201 kt (9%)Saudi Arabia52 kt (2%)Türkiye48 kt (2%)Other origins outside the EU105 kt (5%)Germany351 kt (16%)Netherlands340 kt (16%)Belgium322 kt (15%)Spain152 kt (7%)Sweden145 kt (7%)Italy93 kt (4%)Finland84 kt (4%)Slovakia48 kt (2%)Austria41 kt (2%)Other EU member states163 kt (8%)Origin not reported3.0 kt (<1%)Netherlands866 kt (40%)France221 kt (10%)Belgium186 kt (9%)Germany166 kt (8%)Poland85 kt (4%)Finland69 kt (3%)Czechia55 kt (3%)Sweden49 kt (2%)Austria49 kt (2%)Croatia43 kt (2%)Slovenia42 kt (2%)Hungary41 kt (2%)Ireland38 kt (2%)Italy32 kt (1%)Luxembourg29 kt (1%)Denmark28 kt (1%)Cyprus26 kt (1%)Portugal23 kt (1%)Spain21 kt (<1%)Malta15 kt (<1%)Slovakia15 kt (<1%)Estonia15 kt (<1%)Bulgaria11 kt (<1%)Latvia11 kt (<1%)Romania9.0 kt (<1%)Lithuania1.7 kt (<1%)
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Where the oil was produced
- United Kingdom201 kt (9%)
- Saudi Arabia52 kt (2%)
- Türkiye48 kt (2%)
- Other origins outside the EU105 kt (5%)
- Germany351 kt (16%)
- Netherlands340 kt (16%)
- Belgium322 kt (15%)
- Spain152 kt (7%)
- Sweden145 kt (7%)
- Italy93 kt (4%)
- Finland84 kt (4%)
- Slovakia48 kt (2%)
- Austria41 kt (2%)
- Other EU member states163 kt (8%)
- Origin not reported3.0 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 | 234,933 | 27.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Netherlands | 166,211 | 19.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Netherlands | 126,618 | 14.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | France | 124,000 | 56.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Germany | 93,160 | 56.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Belgium | 87,000 | 46.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Poland | 80,763 | 94.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Finland | 69,000 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Netherlands | 62,370 | 7.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Saudi Arabia | Netherlands | 51,525 | 5.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | France | 51,000 | 23.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Belgium | 51,000 | 27.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Finland | Netherlands | 50,017 | 5.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Türkiye | Netherlands | 47,929 | 5.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | Netherlands | 47,713 | 5.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Italy | Netherlands | 44,799 | 5.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Austria | 44,206 | 90.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Germany | 40,718 | 24.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Netherlands | 33,996 | 3.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Croatia | 31,401 | 72.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Czechia | 31,000 | 56.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Spain | Italy | 30,698 | 96.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Germany | 25,291 | 15.2% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | Luxembourg | 25,105 | 85.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Finland | Sweden | 24,886 | 50.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Slovenia | 24,000 | 57.1% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Spain | Portugal | 22,531 | 99.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Ireland | 22,180 | 57.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | France | 19,000 | 8.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Austria | Hungary | 18,000 | 43.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Belgium | 17,800 | 9.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Cyprus | 16,704 | 65.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Ireland | 16,194 | 42.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Malta | 15,312 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Slovakia | Czechia | 15,000 | 27.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Slovakia | Hungary | 15,000 | 36.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Belgium | 13,800 | 7.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Sweden | 13,696 | 27.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Belgium | France | 12,000 | 5.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Denmark | 12,000 | 42.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Bulgaria | 11,293 | 100.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Italy | Spain | 11,181 | 52.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | France | 11,000 | 5.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Belgium | 11,000 | 5.9% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Estonia | 11,000 | 73.3% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Slovakia | 10,896 | 72.4% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Netherlands | Sweden | 10,427 | 21.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Croatia | 9,647 | 22.3% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Cyprus | 8,848 | 34.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Latvia | 8,183 | 73.3% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Austria | Slovenia | 8,000 | 19.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Hungary | 8,000 | 19.5% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Austria | Czechia | 7,000 | 12.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other origins outside the EU | Denmark | 7,000 | 25.0% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Romania | 7,000 | 77.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Slovakia | Slovenia | 7,000 | 16.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Spain | 6,457 | 30.3% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Denmark | 6,000 | 21.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Italy | Belgium | 5,500 | 3.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Germany | Luxembourg | 4,345 | 14.8% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Slovakia | Austria | 4,157 | 8.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Austria | Slovakia | 4,150 | 27.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Finland | Estonia | 4,000 | 26.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Austria | Germany | 3,189 | 1.9% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Belgium | Spain | 3,090 | 14.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Netherlands | Denmark | 3,000 | 10.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Slovenia | 3,000 | 7.1% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Origin not reported | France | 3,000 | 1.4% | Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners. |
| Finland | Latvia | 2,987 | 26.7% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Slovakia | Poland | 2,947 | 3.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Slovakia | Croatia | 2,193 | 5.1% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Czechia | 2,000 | 3.6% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Slovakia | Romania | 2,000 | 22.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Finland | Lithuania | 1,700 | 100.0% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Poland | 1,501 | 1.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other origins outside the EU | Germany | 1,313 | 0.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Austria | Italy | 1,094 | 3.4% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | France | 1,000 | 0.5% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| United Kingdom | Germany | 955 | 0.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Sweden | Germany | 934 | 0.6% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Austria | 631 | 1.3% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Other EU member states | Spain | 604 | 2.8% | Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins. |
| Finland | Germany | 354 | 0.2% | ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis) |
| Other EU member states | Portugal | 126 | 0.6% | 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 2024-03 (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
- 2024-03 (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 petrol was produced. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2024-03, 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: 2024-03 (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: Greece. 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.