The Santander department received between 2002 and 2009 a total of $ 8.95 billion direct and indirect royalty and the General System of Units, additional SGP. Different investments of the General Budget of the Nation that runs through the law enforcement agencies and national ministries. The total amount of the General System of Units allocated to the regional administration and municipalities in this section of the country in the period amounted to $ 7.4 billion (constant 2009), from $ 901.568 million in 2002 to $ 1 trillion in 2009. Bucaramanga allocation for the period was $ 1.1 billion, from $ 51.759 million in 2002 to $ 167.489 million in 2009. Consequently, real growth in the period for the consolidated department reached 12% and 224% for the Capital. It should be noted that the high growth of Bucaramanga is because from 2003 took over responsibility for financing their plant faculty and staff education with the GSP.
In addition, Santander and its municipalities, received during the 2002-2009 lifetimes of royalties (direct and indirect) 1.55 billion pesos, of which 88 percent were direct royalties from the exploitation of hydrocarbons, coal, gas and precious metals. In 2002 they received the lifetime direct royalty 74.691 million pesos, while 2009 had money for 212 958 000 pesos, which represents a growth of 185 percent. For allocations National Royalties Fund (royalties indirect) in the period 2002-2009, the department and 35 municipalities received 192.762 million pesos to finance 79 projects. These resources account for 7 percent of total allocations FNR (2.5 dollars) for the period and ranking as the largest recipient of royalties department indirect. To date, eight local authorities in receipt of royalties are suspended in the turn of resources, among which stand out and Guavate Landazuri.