Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said on Wednesday it paid almost €7bn in tax in the Netherlands last year.

The figures are contained in the second edition of the company’s ‘paid to governments’ report. The Dutch figures are contained in a footnote because ‘to a significant extent, operations occur in joint ventures and associates rather than subsidiaries,’ Shell said.

Worldwide, Shell says its total tax, duty and royalities bill amounted to more than $105bn last year. Germany benefited the most – by nearly $22bn. Britain earned over $15bn.

‘In 2013, we paid globally $20.3bn in corporate taxes, and $4.1bn in royalties,’ Shell said. ‘We collected $80.9bn in excise duties and sales taxes on our fuel and other products on behalf of governments.’

‘We believe major companies like ours should be open about how much we pay to governments, and that governments should be transparent in how they use these funds,’ Shell said.