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Where does Belgium get its crude oil? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $22.1 billion of crude oil (30.2 million tonnes), 1.7% of the world total. The Netherlands sold 98% of the total, followed by the United Kingdom (0.5%) and the United States (0.5%). Belgium was the world’s 15th-largest importer of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$22.1billion
Tonnes
30.2million tonnes
Share of world total
1.7%
World rank
15th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports21.6Tonnes: 29,519,740USD per tonne: $73397.8%Land
United Kingdom0.12Tonnes: 198,212USD per tonne: $5930.53%Sea
United States0.11Tonnes: 151,973USD per tonne: $6990.48%Sea
France0.08Tonnes: 59,749USD per tonne: $1,2800.35%Land
Trinidad and Tobago0.07Tonnes: 101,877USD per tonne: $6740.31%Sea
Algeria0.05Tonnes: 66,515USD per tonne: $7210.22%Sea
Nigeria0.04Tonnes: 64,200USD per tonne: $6690.19%Sea
Norway0.02Tonnes: 21,746USD per tonne: $8450.08%Sea
Denmark0.02Tonnes: 26,817USD per tonne: $6520.08%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 1,504USD per tonne: $5170%Land
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $5,3200%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $1,3540%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $19,8340%Sea
Gabon< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $43,0000%Sea
Bahrain< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $34,1540%Sea
El Salvador< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Angola< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $34,3750%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $15,7140%Sea
Oman< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $24,5000%Sea
Côte d'Ivoire< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Netherlands 21.6
  • United Kingdom 0.12
  • United States 0.11
  • France 0.08
  • Trinidad and Tobago 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands2.621.6
United Kingdom0.040.12
United States00.11
France< 0.010.08
Trinidad and Tobago00.07

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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