Jamaica - 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 Jamaica was $50,756,620 as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $60,382,720 in 2007 and $900,000 in 1980.

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
1976 $4,500,000
1977 $1,400,000
1978 $3,000,000
1979 $4,900,000
1980 $900,000
1981 $1,000,000
1982 $7,500,000
1983 $1,200,000
1984 $1,600,000
1985 $1,900,000
1986 $2,000,000
1987 $6,800,000
1988 $7,900,000
1989 $11,500,000
1990 $7,100,000
1991 $9,400,000
1992 $2,700,000
1993 $3,200,000
1994 $10,500,000
1995 $19,400,000
1996 $27,900,000
1997 $27,600,000
1998 $30,000,000
1999 $40,500,000
2000 $41,000,000
2001 $38,300,000
2002 $32,100,000
2003 $10,800,000
2004 $9,082,033
2005 $10,954,140
2006 $11,164,170
2007 $60,382,720
2008 $48,152,310
2009 $44,823,550
2010 $36,279,450
2011 $47,410,240
2012 $60,119,540
2013 $55,850,570
2014 $50,762,250
2015 $50,756,620
2016 $50,756,620
2017 $50,756,620
2018 $50,756,620
2019 $50,756,620
2020 $50,756,620

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 Jamaica was $4,643,969.00 as of 2020. Over the past 44 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $16,607,070.00 in 2008 and $0.00 in 1976.

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
1976 $0.00
1977 $0.00
1978 $0.00
1979 $400,000.00
1980 $0.00
1981 $0.00
1982 $0.00
1983 $0.00
1984 $0.00
1985 $0.00
1986 $4,100,000.00
1987 $2,600,000.00
1988 $15,300,000.00
1989 $2,700,000.00
1990 $3,300,000.00
1991 $2,000,000.00
1992 $3,300,000.00
1993 $9,200,000.00
1994 $5,100,000.00
1995 $3,900,000.00
1996 $4,300,000.00
1997 $7,000,000.00
1998 $6,600,000.00
1999 $6,200,000.00
2000 $6,400,000.00
2001 $5,900,000.00
2002 $6,130,000.00
2003 $12,000,000.00
2004 $9,686,649.00
2005 $12,652,020.00
2006 $11,959,990.00
2007 $14,948,380.00
2008 $16,607,070.00
2009 $9,134,475.00
2010 $4,861,222.00
2011 $3,896,723.00
2012 $4,033,323.00
2013 $4,993,323.00
2014 $6,255,376.00
2015 $5,521,533.00
2016 $5,297,928.00
2017 $4,870,047.00
2018 $5,293,970.00
2019 $8,082,366.00
2020 $4,643,969.00

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments