Croatia
Road diesel, June 2026 — crude behind it: 34% cannot be traced · 15% Guyana · 11% Libya · 11% Kazakhstan. 4–41% 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
- Eurostat — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country, monthly data (refined products)
- EIA, IEA and terminal operators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin Hormuz route classification and country bounds, methodology v1.0
- Period
- June 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
Countries without a crude refinery can appear under "Last shipped from": the importing country's statistics record where the fuel arrived from. It was refined elsewhere and either sold on or passed through that country's terminals; the statistics do not say which, or where it was refined.
Crude behind it (estimated)
Last shipped from
Croatia's road diesel
Guyanaest. 15%Libyaest. 11%Kazakhstanest. 11%Azerbaijanest. 9%United Statesest. 6%Iraqest. 4%Norwayest. 4%Other crude originsest. 8%Slovenia: no refinery19%Switzerland: no crude data7%Croatia: crude not from imports6%Smaller flows: crude not from imports<1%Smaller flows: no crude data<1%332 kt100%Crude behind it (estimated)
- Colour = where it went:
- Croatia (own refineries)
- Greece
- Slovenia
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Serbia
- Guyana48 kt (est. 15%)
- Libya36 kt (est. 11%)
- Kazakhstan36 kt (est. 11%)
- Azerbaijan29 kt (est. 9%)
- United States19 kt (est. 6%)
- Iraq13 kt (est. 4%)
- Norway12 kt (est. 4%)
- Other crude origins26 kt (est. 8%)
- Slovenia: no refinery64 kt (19%)
- Switzerland: no crude data25 kt (7%)
- Croatia: crude not from imports19 kt (6%)
- Smaller flows: crude not from imports3.0 kt (<1%)
- Smaller flows: no crude data0.3 kt (<1%)
Last shipped from
- Reported (solid)
- Our arithmetic on reported figures (dotted)
- Estimated crude behind the fuel (dashed)
- Cannot be traced (hatched)
Assumptions
- 1
Croatia: road diesel available in June 2026
Everything refined in the country plus everything imported.
- 2
Where that fuel came from
- 3
The crude behind Croatia's road diesel
- 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. Imports are counted under the country the fuel was last shipped from; where that country has refineries, fuel that only passed through it is traced as if it had been refined there.
- 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 June 2026, the largest single source of road diesel available in Croatia was refining in Croatia (32%), followed by Greece (22%).
Croatia's refineries ran on crude from Guyana (45%), Azerbaijan (20%) and Libya (10%), going by its crude imports in April–June 2026.
Taken together, an estimated 15% of the crude behind Croatia's road diesel came from Guyana, 11% from Libya and 11% from Kazakhstan; 34% cannot be traced.
The largest untraced part (19%) is there because Slovenia has no crude oil refinery, so that fuel was made elsewhere and is followed only one step back.
Between 4% and 41% of the crude behind Croatia's road diesel is estimated to have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a significant 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.
Hormuz and the pump price in Croatia
Calculated- At most 41% of the crude behind Croatia's road diesel in June 2026 could have passed through Hormuz.
- Since 28 Feb 2026, diesel at the pump went +36.3%; Brent (in US dollars) went +66.9% (week of 23 Feb 2026 to week of 28 Sep 2026).
- 31% of the diesel pump price is tax (week of 28 Sep 2026).
Is Hormuz really the reason? — the EU-wide picture →
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Eurostat — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country, monthly data (refined products)
- EIA, IEA and terminal operators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin Hormuz route classification and country bounds, methodology v1.0
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) — Weekly Oil Bulletin - retail fuel prices with and without taxes
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Europe Brent Spot Price FOB (petroleum spot prices)
- Method
- How this figure is made
- Strait of Hormuz: the upper end of the headline’s estimate for June 2026, the same figure as in the sentence above; no new figure is made here.
- Pump price: Weekly Oil Bulletin, diesel including tax, week of 23 Feb 2026 (€1.494 per litre) and week of 28 Sep 2026 (€2.036 per litre). Brent: EIA daily spot price, the first print dated in each of those weeks (23 Feb 2026: 71.9; 28 Sep 2026: 119.97; US dollars per barrel). Each change is worked out in the currency it is published in; no exchange rate is applied. The start week is the one containing the event date of Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026) (28 Feb 2026), the event the Strait of Hormuz page leads with; the end week is the latest week with both prices.
- Tax share: the pump price split into tax and price before tax for the week of 28 Sep 2026 (Weekly Oil Bulletin prices and published tax rates), as on the pump price page.
- The three figures are shown side by side, each on its own; no link between them is drawn here.
Go deeper for Croatia
- What does diesel cost at the pump in Croatia, and how much of it is tax?Pump price & tax →latest weekly price €2.04 per litre (diesel, week of 28 Sep 2026)
- Where has Croatia bought its oil since 2015?Imports since 2015 →
- How does fuel reach Croatia, flow by flow?Flow diagram, full page →
- How does Croatia compare with Slovenia, Austria and Hungary?Compare with neighbours →
- Which refineries, ports and pipelines serve Croatia?Refineries & pipelines →
- Where does Croatia's crude come from, on a map?On the map →
- What does Guyana supply to the EU?Supplier page: Guyana →
- What does Libya supply to the EU?Supplier page: Libya →
- What does Kazakhstan supply to the EU?Supplier page: Kazakhstan →
Crude origins
Calculated1 refinery — INA Rijeka Refinery (Urinj), 4 Mt/a.
In July 2026, four countries supplied all crude imports.
Share of crude imports by origin, to July 2026
- Azerbaijan
- Libya
- Guyana
- Kazakhstan
- Nigeria
- Angola
- Other origins
- Origin not published
- Not published, no estimate
Share of crude imports, July 2026 (published)
Since April 2023, comparing published months only: Azerbaijan −95.3 pt, Guyana +61.1 pt.
Share of crude imports, July 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Guyana | 34% | 136,200 |
| Libya | 25% | 102,000 |
| Iraq | 21% | 84,400 |
| United States | 21% | 83,500 |
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: Italy 39%, Slovenia 32% (re-exported; origin not traceable), Greece 28%, Egypt 0.8%.
Share of road diesel imports by country last shipped from, to July 2026
- Italy
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- Greece
- Hungary
- Bulgaria
- Other origins
Share of road diesel imports, July 2026 (published)
Share of road diesel imports, July 2026 (published): all countries last shipped from
| Country last shipped from | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 39% | 85,100 |
| Slovenia | 32% | 68,400 |
| Greece | 28% | 61,300 |
| Egypt | 0.8% | 1,700 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Eurostat — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country, monthly data (refined products)
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Stocks & days of cover
Official75 days of emergency stock cover in July 2026.
Closing stocks: 1,511,000 tonnes, −8.3% 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
- Which method the member state used
- Stock calculation method: method 2
- Minimum obligation method: method 1
- Days calculation method: method 1
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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
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