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Serbia’s Intellectual-Property Economy Expands Beyond Traditional Export Statistics

Serbia’s export economy extends beyond the cars, cables, metals, machinery and agricultural products typically captured in trade statistics, with software, games, animation, engineering designs, trademarks, patents and audiovisual rights generating international revenue without corresponding physical shipments. These assets form a parallel export base whose value is more difficult to capture through conventional merchandise trade data. Unlike physical goods, intellectual property can be commercialised internationally without being transported across borders. The model has implications for productivity and corporate value. A manufacturing…