El Salvador - Royalty and license fees

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) in El Salvador was $97,726,350 as of 2020. Over the past 39 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $138,322,300 in 2017 and $114,564 in 1994.

Definition: Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1981 $720,000
1982 $2,520,000
1983 $4,440,000
1984 $2,840,000
1985 $1,400,000
1986 $2,349,474
1987 $1,620,000
1988 $3,400,000
1989 $1,780,000
1990 $1,270,382
1991 $2,245,322
1992 $5,143,028
1993 $3,447,282
1994 $114,564
1995 $2,855,647
1996 $228,441
1999 $20,300,000
2000 $20,500,000
2001 $22,100,000
2002 $20,400,000
2003 $22,200,000
2004 $17,750,000
2005 $30,400,000
2006 $27,300,000
2007 $24,100,000
2008 $33,700,000
2009 $26,050,000
2010 $31,490,000
2011 $39,934,370
2012 $54,681,830
2013 $71,564,700
2014 $68,550,430
2015 $70,203,550
2016 $136,773,800
2017 $138,322,300
2018 $88,993,640
2019 $97,691,760
2020 $97,726,350

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)

The latest value for Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) in El Salvador was $709,722 as of 2020. Over the past 27 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $62,456,350 in 2017 and $100,000 in 2004.

Definition: Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1993 $229,819
1999 $1,100,000
2000 $2,400,000
2001 $1,200,000
2002 $1,500,000
2003 $200,000
2004 $100,000
2005 $2,400,000
2006 $500,000
2007 $300,000
2008 $1,400,000
2009 $440,000
2010 $380,000
2011 $286,069
2012 $17,650,320
2013 $29,478,640
2014 $19,142,650
2015 $29,143,490
2016 $55,829,520
2017 $62,456,350
2018 $7,523,540
2019 $2,874,604
2020 $709,722

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments