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 September 2025, 26 of 27 EU member states reported importing 2,658 kt of naphtha; the largest origins outside the EU were the United Kingdom (9%) and Algeria (7%), and 73% came from other EU member states.

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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
BelgiumNetherlands442,75627.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
GermanyNetherlands326,24020.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsGermany261,12364.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
United KingdomNetherlands230,48214.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins (16)Netherlands212,13413.3%Summed by usSum of 4 reported flows, added up on this page.
SpainNetherlands169,39610.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlgeriaNetherlands131,1878.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins (16)Other EU (6)128,635—Summed by usSum of 3 reported flows, added up on this page.
SpainBelgium98,20042.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
FranceNetherlands88,1195.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins (16)France75,00041.2%Summed by usSum of 2 reported flows, added up on this page.
NorwayGermany57,94514.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
BelgiumGermany53,07113.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins (16)Belgium50,10021.5%Summed by usSum of 3 reported flows, added up on this page.
NorwayBelgium47,60020.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsItaly43,36262.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsFrance41,00022.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
FranceBelgium32,70014.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlgeriaFrance30,00016.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
BelgiumFrance28,00015.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Other origins (16)Germany26,2616.5%Summed by usSum of 2 reported flows, added up on this page.
AlgeriaItaly26,24937.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsOther EU (6)22,803—Summed by usSum of 2 reported flows, added up on this page.
United KingdomOther EU (6)13,00050.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
GermanyFrance7,0003.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsBelgium4,5001.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SpainGermany4,4061.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlgeriaGermany3,0260.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
BelgiumOther EU (6)1,50069.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
GermanyOther EU (6)1,0003.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
United KingdomFrance1,0000.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Source & method
Source
Eurostat (European Commission)Official
Period 2025-09 (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 2025-09, 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: 2025-09 (requested; 26 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, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, 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.