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 May 2025, all 27 EU member states reported importing 3,049 kt of naphtha; the largest origins outside the EU were Algeria (12%) and the United Kingdom (10%), and 69% came from other EU member states, with less than 1% not attributed to any country.

The numbers as a table
Reported imports, largest first
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
NetherlandsGermany324,53764.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
United KingdomNetherlands302,59017.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
BelgiumNetherlands268,80115.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
GermanyNetherlands257,36114.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SwedenNetherlands202,85511.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlgeriaNetherlands186,39110.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SpainNetherlands162,2669.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
FinlandNetherlands138,4117.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlgeriaFrance136,00042.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SpainBelgium125,10041.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
TürkiyeNetherlands109,6036.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
ItalyFrance98,00030.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
PortugalNetherlands88,0515.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
BelgiumGermany67,26813.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
FranceBelgium65,10021.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
FranceNetherlands57,0303.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlgeriaBelgium46,60015.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SpainGermany36,0117.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsBelgium34,90011.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUGermany34,5316.9%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
BelgiumFrance34,00010.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUFrance31,0009.7%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other origins outside the EUSweden25,969100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
FranceGermany25,8935.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUBelgium25,6008.4%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
SpainGreece25,00755.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUItaly23,99274.1%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
Other EU member statesFinland23,000100.0%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
ItalySpain20,056100.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
TürkiyeGreece19,76144.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsFrance17,0005.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
United KingdomGermany11,5132.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other EU member statesItaly8,38825.9%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
PortugalBelgium5,9001.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other EU member statesHungary3,60064.3%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
AlgeriaGermany2,1780.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins outside the EUHungary2,00035.7%Summed by usSum of the published imports from the smaller origins.
United KingdomFrance1,0000.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Origin not reportedFrance1,0000.3%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
NetherlandsPortugal850100.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)

One flow with a share under 0.1% is not listed here. It is 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 2025-05 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:22 UTCConfidenceOfficialMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: the country the naphtha was last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where it was refined. Right: the EU member state that reported importing it in 2025-05, 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: 2025-05 (requested; 27 of 27 member states reported). Energy basis: the country the fuel was last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where it was refined, as each EU member state reports it (Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm).

Not in the diagram: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia. 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): for refined products, the country the fuel was last shipped from, as each EU member state reports it; it may be a trading hub rather than where the fuel was refined. The customs basis is not mixed in.
  • Imports from other EU member states may be fuel refined there or fuel only shipped on from elsewhere; they are grouped separately.
  • 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.