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Where does Germany get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $25.4 billion of refined petroleum products (32.4 million tonnes), 3% of the world total. Its main sources were the Netherlands (49%), Belgium (18%) and the United States (8%). Germany was the world’s 9th-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$25.4billion
Tonnes
32.4million tonnes
Share of world total
3%
World rank
9th
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-exports12.5Tonnes: 17,055,300USD per tonne: $73449.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports4.5Tonnes: 5,483,301USD per tonne: $82517.8%Sea
United States2.2Tonnes: 2,607,333USD per tonne: $8258.5%Sea
France0.91Tonnes: 1,137,450USD per tonne: $7983.6%Sea
Sweden0.47Tonnes: 521,770USD per tonne: $8941.8%Sea
Qatar0.4Tonnes: 351,051USD per tonne: $1,1371.6%Sea
Kuwait0.39Tonnes: 492,961USD per tonne: $8001.6%Sea
Algeria0.34Tonnes: 502,629USD per tonne: $6681.3%Sea
Turkey0.29Tonnes: 262,413USD per tonne: $1,0951.1%Sea
Czechia0.28Tonnes: 319,183USD per tonne: $8701.1%Land
India0.27Tonnes: 316,836USD per tonne: $8621.1%Sea
Norway0.24Tonnes: 307,045USD per tonne: $7800.94%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.23Tonnes: 302,460USD per tonne: $7740.92%Sea
Spain0.23Tonnes: 205,538USD per tonne: $1,1350.92%Sea
Austria0.19Tonnes: 206,573USD per tonne: $9430.77%Land
Switzerland0.18Tonnes: 217,832USD per tonne: $8230.7%Land
Italy0.18Tonnes: 184,987USD per tonne: $9560.7%Sea
Poland0.15Tonnes: 148,002USD per tonne: $9880.57%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.14Tonnes: 179,278USD per tonne: $8070.57%Sea
Denmark0.14Tonnes: 203,279USD per tonne: $6770.54%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 12.5
  • Belgium 4.5
  • United States 2.2
  • France 0.91
  • Sweden 0.47

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands3.112.5
Belgium0.684.5
United States0.032.2
France0.430.91
Sweden0.250.47

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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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