Belgium
Road diesel, July 2026 — crude behind it: 19% Norway · 19% United States · 11% Kazakhstan · 13% cannot be traced. Up to 13% of that crude may have passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- EIA, IEA and terminal operators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin Hormuz route classification and country bounds, methodology v1.0
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Belgium: road diesel available in July 2026
Everything refined in the country plus everything imported.
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Where that fuel came from
Belgium's refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, May–July 2026)
The Netherlands' refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, May–June 2026)
Singapore: crude origin not published.
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The crude behind Belgium's road diesel
Assumptions
- Exports are assumed to be drawn from every source in proportion to its share of supply.
- Each country's refineries are assumed to run on its crude-import mix over the latest three months.
- The chain looks back one country only; fuel re-exported through a supplier is not followed further.
- The crude origin is the producing country the statistics report, not the loading terminal, so the Hormuz answer is a range wherever a producer loads both inside and outside the Persian Gulf.
In July 2026, most road diesel available in Belgium was refined in Belgium (62%), followed by the Netherlands (28%).
Belgium's refineries ran on crude from Norway (24%), the United States (15%) and Kazakhstan (14%), going by its crude imports in May–July 2026.
Taken together, an estimated 19% of the crude behind Belgium's road diesel came from Norway, 19% from the United States and 11% from Kazakhstan; 13% cannot be traced.
The largest untraced part (8%) is there because we hold no crude import statistics for Singapore.
Up to 13% of the crude behind Belgium's road diesel is estimated to have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a moderate dependence judged on the upper bound. No midpoint is published: crude that cannot be traced is counted as anything from none to all of it.
This is an estimate, not a reported figure: it assumes exports are drawn proportionally from every source and that each country's refineries run on its crude-import mix, and it looks back only one country.
Pump prices and tax for Belgium → latest weekly price €2.39 per litre (diesel, week of 21 Sep 2026)
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Crude origins
Calculated2 refineries — ExxonMobil Antwerp refinery (ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical BV), 326,000 bpd; TotalEnergies Antwerp refining and petrochemical platform, 338,000 bpd.
In July 2026, 15 countries supplied crude imports; the largest three accounted for 53%.
Share of crude imports by origin, to July 2026
- Norway
- United States
- Kazakhstan
- Nigeria
- United Kingdom
- Brazil
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Share of crude imports, July 2026
Since January 2023: Saudi Arabia −13.1 pt, Angola −12.0 pt.
Share of crude imports, July 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 24% | 627,200 |
| Kazakhstan | 16% | 418,300 |
| United States | 13% | 359,300 |
| Guyana | 10% | 264,400 |
| Angola | 8% | 221,700 |
| Brazil | 6% | 162,000 |
| Other origins | 22% | |
| Origin not published | 1% |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Refinery operators and national regulators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin curated refinery reference list
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Product origins
CalculatedRoad diesel imports, July 2026: Netherlands 73%, Singapore 20%, United States 3%, Germany 1%, Finland 1%, United Kingdom 0.8%.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, to July 2026
- Netherlands
- Singapore
- Kuwait
- India
- Saudi Arabia
- Germany
- Other origins
Share of road diesel imports, July 2026
Share of road diesel imports, July 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 73% | 338,800 |
| Singapore | 20% | 92,800 |
| United States | 3% | 13,800 |
| Germany | 1% | 6,700 |
| Finland | 1% | 6,500 |
| United Kingdom | 0.8% | 3,900 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Stocks & days of cover
Official110 days of emergency stock cover in July 2026.
Closing stocks: 7,882,500 tonnes, +5.5% against the 12-month average.
Closing stocks, to July 2026
- Closing stocks
- 12-month average
Days of cover, to July 2026
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Emergency oil stocks in days equivalent - monthly data
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Stock levels for oil products - monthly data
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Which method the member state used
- Stock calculation method: method 2
- Minimum obligation method: method 1
- Days calculation method: method 3
Recent events
Official- 28 Feb 2026Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)Shipping disruption · Strait of Hormuz / Persian Gulf
- 5 Feb 2023EU import ban on Russian refined petroleum products (in force 5 February 2023)Import ban · European Union
- 5 Dec 2022EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)Import ban · European Union
- 24 Feb 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine (24 February 2022)War · Ukraine
Source & method
- Source
- International Energy Agency — Event timeline, cited per event
- US Energy Information Administration — Event timeline, cited per event
- European Commission — Event timeline, cited per event
- European Council — Event timeline, cited per event
- National legislators — Event timeline, cited per event
- Method
- How this figure is made