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Kellogg moves nearly €2bn in global sales through Irish arm

Company plays an important role in Kellogg’s overall tax planning, and paid just €11m tax last year

Kellogg: the cereal company made an after-tax profit of more than €70 million last year. Picture: Getty

Kellogg, the breakfast cereal giant, paid €11 million in tax on profits it made at its Irish operation last year, even as it moved nearly €2 billion worth of sales from around the world through the company.

Accounts filed by Kellogg Europe Trading, which is owned by a Luxembourg entity, show it paid €11.35 million overall in tax in the year to January 1, 2022.

The company, which employs 256 people in Ireland, made a ...