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Who buys the United Kingdom’s crude oil? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $15.8 billion of crude oil (28.5 million tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (28%), the Netherlands (23%) and the United States (10%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 20th-largest exporter of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$15.8billion
Tonnes
28.5million tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
20th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany4.5Tonnes: 6,652,573USD per tonne: $67028.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports3.6Tonnes: 7,804,270USD per tonne: $46623%Sea
United States1.5Tonnes: 2,856,302USD per tonne: $5379.7%Sea
Sweden1.3Tonnes: 2,463,501USD per tonne: $5368.4%Sea
China1Tonnes: 1,788,977USD per tonne: $5816.6%Sea
Finland0.61Tonnes: 995,182USD per tonne: $6113.9%Sea
France0.56Tonnes: 884,479USD per tonne: $6363.6%Sea
Lithuania0.54Tonnes: 939,147USD per tonne: $5743.4%Sea
South Korea0.47Tonnes: 725,102USD per tonne: $6473%Sea
Poland0.39Tonnes: 1,107,573USD per tonne: $3542.5%Sea
Italy0.36Tonnes: 586,996USD per tonne: $6072.3%Sea
Spain0.23Tonnes: 410,139USD per tonne: $5551.4%Sea
Singapore re-exports0.21Tonnes: 391,679USD per tonne: $5371.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.12Tonnes: 198,212USD per tonne: $5930.74%Sea
Brazil0.09Tonnes: 127,388USD per tonne: $7100.57%Sea
Norway0.07Tonnes: 93,930USD per tonne: $7040.42%Sea
Denmark0.06Tonnes: 144,676USD per tonne: $4360.4%Sea
Canada0.06Tonnes: 207,804USD per tonne: $2690.35%Sea
Qatar0.03Tonnes: 52,211USD per tonne: $5730.19%Sea
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 31,142USD per tonne: $5240.1%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • Germany 4.5
  • Netherlands 3.6
  • United States 1.5
  • Sweden 1.3
  • China 1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany2.34.5
Netherlands0.693.6
United States2.61.5
Sweden0.111.3
China0.041

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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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