Photo: Maggie Caruso
Photo: Maggie Caruso
Former Florida Gov. Bob Martinez, Senior Policy Advisor with Holland & Knight, in the center with Maggie Caruso to his right.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
Gov. Scott with Bob Grammig and Steve Sonberg of Holland & Knight.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
A Holland & Knight associate at their new office in Bogota, Colombia.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
Jean Pierre Lenaerts, Business Development Manager for Deloitte in Bogota and Llona Vega Jaramillo, International Business Development Director at Enterprise Florida.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
Jennifer Diaz, attorney with Becker & Poliakoff, and P. Michael McKinley, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, with his wife Fatima.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
At 190 people, this was the largest business mission to Bogotá, Colombia.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn being interviewed by Colombian media at Ambassador Mckinley's residence.
Photo: Maggie Caruso
Florida trade mission to Colombia
Maggie Caruso, Senior Market Director for Florida Trend, traveled with Gov. Rick Scott and the Enterprise Florida delegation on their trade mission to Colombia this week. The mission included more than 190 participants representing 116 Florida companies, statewide organizations and higher educational institutions.
Colombia is the fifth-largest economy in Latin America and is Florida’s second largest trading partner with over $9 billion in two-way trade in 2011. Colombia is among the top five destinations for Florida-origin products, amounting to nearly $3 billion in trade.
The growth of the Colombian economy is expected to generate new export opportunities for Florida firms wanting to benefit from a strong open business climate and Florida’s traditionally close cultural and economic ties with Latin America.
For more about business between Florida and Colombia, see Florida Trend's article "The Florida-Colombia Connection," part of a package on International Trade.
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