Signal · Market & Economic Intelligence
Crude oil worth 30.0 billion euros imported in period from January to August 2026
What the source reported
Source-reportedIn the period from January to August 2026, 49.1 million tonnes of crude oil, valued at 30.0 billion euros, were imported into Germany. In the same period in 2025, Germany imported 49.4 million tonnes of crude oil to the value of 24.6 billion euros. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the volume of crude oil imports therefore decreased by 0.6%, while the value of imports rose by 21.7%. This was due to the increase in crude oil prices in the wake of the conflict in the Middle East.
- Publication
- Destatis - Press Releases · Official Statistics
- Published
- 20th October 2026
- Original report
- destatis.de
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Market & Economic Intelligence
- Geography
- Germany
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 20th October 2026 · 09:09
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Initial Significance Moderate (25.0/100). Strongest contributor: Geographic Breadth (7.0/10 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (51.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Geographic Breadth
- Limiting factor
- Likely Event Severity