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Where does the United Kingdom get its refined petroleum products? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $26.8 billion of refined petroleum products (32.6 million tonnes), 3.1% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (17%), the Netherlands (15%) and Kuwait (13%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 7th-largest importer of refined petroleum products.

Summary

Value
$26.8billion
Tonnes
32.6million tonnes
Share of world total
3.1%
World rank
7th
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
United States4.6Tonnes: 5,540,485USD per tonne: $83417.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports4.1Tonnes: 5,500,956USD per tonne: $75315.5%Sea
Kuwait3.5Tonnes: 4,150,502USD per tonne: $85313.2%Sea
United Arab Emirates1.9Tonnes: 2,400,221USD per tonne: $8057.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports1.9Tonnes: 2,184,024USD per tonne: $8757.1%Sea
India1.9Tonnes: 2,324,384USD per tonne: $8067%Sea
Saudi Arabia1.3Tonnes: 1,625,730USD per tonne: $7964.8%Sea
Sweden0.89Tonnes: 1,339,479USD per tonne: $6613.3%Sea
Turkey0.78Tonnes: 732,906USD per tonne: $1,0662.9%Sea
Spain0.62Tonnes: 513,750USD per tonne: $1,2002.3%Sea
Norway0.61Tonnes: 759,090USD per tonne: $7992.3%Sea
China0.46Tonnes: 389,384USD per tonne: $1,1721.7%Sea
South Korea0.39Tonnes: 356,173USD per tonne: $1,0981.5%Sea
Italy0.37Tonnes: 391,013USD per tonne: $9471.4%Sea
Algeria0.36Tonnes: 608,154USD per tonne: $5931.3%Sea
Ireland0.36Tonnes: 533,186USD per tonne: $6671.3%Sea
Germany0.34Tonnes: 286,527USD per tonne: $1,1731.3%Sea
France0.29Tonnes: 326,000USD per tonne: $8851.1%Sea
Qatar0.28Tonnes: 338,704USD per tonne: $8131%Sea
Finland0.24Tonnes: 248,156USD per tonne: $9520.88%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States has been its main source since 2024

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

  • United States 4.6
  • Netherlands 4.1
  • Kuwait 3.5
  • United Arab Emirates 1.9
  • Belgium 1.9

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.024.6
Netherlands0.24.1
Kuwait03.5
United Arab Emirates< 0.011.9
Belgium0.131.9

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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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