The document analyzes trade data between Miami and other countries/regions from 1992-2008. It shows that: - Miami's share of total US trade has remained relatively steady at around 2.5-3% over this period. - In 2008, Miami ran its largest trade deficit with China and its largest trade surpluses with Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia. - Between 1992-2008, Miami's total trade increased significantly with its top trade partners growing on average over 200%.

1. South Florida Market Share of U.S. Trade, 1992-2008
Year U.S. (Trillions) Miami (Billions) Share
2008 $3.40 $90.24 2.65%
2007 $3.12 $79.05 2.53%
2006 $2.89 $72.10 2.49%
2005 $2.58 $65.90 2.55%
2004 $2.29 $58.88 2.57%
2003 $1.98 $52.17 2.63%
2002 $1.85 $49.60 2.67%
2001 $1.87 $53.37 2.85%
2000 $2.00 $55.82 2.79%
1999 $1.72 $51.07 2.97%
1998 $1.59 $50.42 3.16%
1997 $1.56 $47.42 3.04%
1996 $1.42 $39.57 2.79%
1995 $1.33 $36.07 2.72%
1994 $1.18 $31.10 2.65%
1993 $1.05 $27.86 2.66%
1992 $0.98 $25.69 2.62%
Source: WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census data. For more information, visit
www.worldcityweb.com

2. Miami's Top 50 Deficit Partners, 2008
Ranking Deficit 2008 1 Yr Change
Change 2008 World Total 19,586,639,924 7,713,384,377
0 1 China -4,144,615,320 -722,188,183
0 2 France -1,522,092,091 17,155,148
7 3 Japan -725,969,772 -369,867,166
4 4 Netherlands -687,889,454 -267,399,231
-1 5 Italy -644,393,157 305,441,822
-3 6 United Kingdom -584,896,862 496,455,197
-2 7 South Korea -454,067,136 178,631,929
-1 8 Taiwan -408,226,380 14,468,849
0 9 Canada -396,039,585 -35,092,110
1 10 Thailand -284,857,401 21,461,980
3 11 Indonesia -251,074,146 -59,670,436
0 12 Malaysia -206,842,689 46,097,479
2 13 India -165,371,663 16,357,142
-1 14 Nicaragua -151,464,538 79,765,793
6 15 Vietnam -149,236,389 -32,140,126
16 16 Belarus -148,030,484 -116,478,947
31 17 Mexico -114,739,737 -110,243,348
1 18 Austria -113,435,333 27,062,883
5 19 Norway -100,505,884 -24,913,316
3 20 Israel -81,268,425 5,468,964
-3 21 Sweden -71,731,466 71,281,133
-5 22 Turkey -71,589,325 94,066,452
4 23 Denmark -71,586,824 -23,936,743
174 24 Lithuania -60,931,018 -78,903,703
-9 25 Haiti -59,591,870 108,216,755
-4 26 Russia -56,374,511 48,534,967
3 27 Bangladesh -48,544,947 -11,741,897
3 28 Portugal -39,383,814 -7,763,007
166 29 Bermuda -38,469,250 -50,872,113
-4 30 Philippines -38,222,852 15,155,719
-11 31 Spain -36,146,121 96,561,367
-3 32 Australia -35,497,324 8,668,888
-5 33 Pakistan -33,221,522 11,664,168
2 34 Bulgaria -22,622,074 -3,261,544
-1 35 New Zealand -20,551,753 435,852
-30 36 Germany -16,713,412 409,570,604
-4 37 Hungary -12,257,028 13,704,600
-1 38 Cambodia -9,796,202 948,296
-1 39 Chad -9,654,063 -100,123
3 40 Morocco -7,519,616 -613,745
3 41 Slovenia -7,227,778 -1,859,992
0 42 Kenya -4,779,982 2,953,277
4 43 Macao -4,038,373 625,258
7 44 Fiji -3,169,519 401,276
128 45 Algeria -2,557,927 -4,739,663
76 46 Ethiopia -2,225,252 -2,407,997
-7 47 Czech Republic -1,934,901 7,198,386
102 48 Tunisia -1,509,742 -2,401,673
-3 49 Sri Lanka -1,501,582 3,430,495
0 50 Monaco -1,474,162 2,658,627
Source: WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census data. For more information, visit www.worldcityweb.com

3. Miami's Top 50 Surplus Partners, 2008
Ranking Surplus 2008 1-Year Change
Change 2008 World Total 19,586,639,924 7,713,384,377
0 1 Brazil 8,047,193,151 1,956,956,928
0 2 Venezuela 3,890,709,611 928,841,324
1 3 Colombia 1,969,263,334 585,774,486
-1 4 Argentina 1,868,645,966 254,438,815
0 5 Costa Rica 1,571,066,656 420,909,987
1 6 Chile 1,552,410,443 492,113,520
-1 7 Paraguay 1,342,811,973 233,401,810
0 8 Panama 1,269,222,230 257,499,600
0 9 Peru 1,190,737,818 298,549,118
12 10 Switzerland 1,074,277,483 926,352,827
0 11 Dominican Republic 880,546,742 217,378,819
1 12 Ecuador 854,890,119 267,284,421
-3 13 Bahamas 703,206,999 -173,194,865
-2 14 Trinidad and Tobago 613,205,698 2,987,762
0 15 Guatemala 556,865,783 111,551,748
-2 16 Jamaica 513,187,633 -66,245,398
-1 17 Netherlands Antilles 481,760,977 125,196,747
-1 18 Cayman Islands 335,658,169 14,262,310
2 19 Uruguay 312,243,620 112,552,806
-1 20 Barbados 259,188,100 15,865,026
-1 21 Turks and Caicos Islands 228,819,764 15,566,814
7 22 United Arab Emirates 157,675,584 84,956,240
4 23 Finland 143,316,472 62,236,072
-6 24 El Salvador 133,639,327 -160,587,251
11 25 Bolivia 114,017,555 70,467,667
11 26 Honduras 113,226,259 73,724,365
-4 27 Antigua and Barbuda 100,282,905 -4,993,783
6 28 Cuba 89,835,816 33,841,987
-1 29 British Virgin Islands 87,095,300 9,028,511
1 30 Suriname 85,799,925 16,153,708
-5 31 St Lucia 85,323,408 1,746,806
-2 32 Guyana 80,023,915 8,838,383
0 33 Belize 77,175,653 19,622,592
1 34 Dominica 56,064,430 760,405
14 35 Lebanon 53,661,671 39,764,643
-4 36 Anguilla 50,093,005 -11,710,454
173 37 Singapore 47,321,104 68,066,987
3 38 Aruba 47,316,205 15,473,301
-14 39 Hong Kong 45,062,703 -38,633,082
0 40 St Vincent and the Grenadines 41,548,472 9,687,892
10 41 South Africa 40,783,315 29,245,739
29 42 Cyprus 39,222,613 36,960,455
-4 43 St Kitts and Nevis 36,547,527 3,782,666
0 44 Angola 34,254,927 12,102,131
-7 45 Grenada 32,626,503 -1,766,385
13 46 Greece 30,084,531 24,523,154
-4 47 Nigeria 29,912,818 7,316,903
144 48 Slovakia 28,096,969 30,220,790
14 49 Poland 24,299,908 20,580,007
-5 50 Martinique 21,578,039 -317,114
Source: WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census data. For more information, visit www.worldcityweb.com

4. Miami's Top 50 Import Partners, 2008
Ranking Total Imports 2008 1-Year % Change 16-Year % Change
Change 2008 World Total $35,329,090,974 5.19% 266.05%
0 1 China $4,398,813,122 17.91% 1107.90%
0 2 Brazil $2,559,165,749 9.72% 269.72%
1 3 Honduras $1,945,478,896 2.54% 355.69%
2 4 Colombia $1,834,918,361 5.57% 157.26%
-2 5 Dominican Republic $1,830,045,494 -3.75% 121.23%
-1 6 France $1,763,693,479 -2.20% 320.26%
3 7 Venezuela $1,246,814,125 3.58% 150.84%
0 8 Costa Rica $1,197,982,451 -5.60% 116.92%
5 9 Netherlands $1,125,408,064 35.48% 1024.45%
-3 10 United Kingdom $1,119,712,966 -24.41% 325.35%
5 11 Japan $1,102,684,470 46.25% 116.07%
-3 12 Italy $1,050,044,376 -14.81% 187.70%
0 13 Chile $876,730,666 3.78% 618.74%
1 14 Mexico $876,365,819 9.49% 594.60%
-3 15 Guatemala $859,568,013 -0.54% 107.07%
2 16 El Salvador $813,314,040 16.33% 314.48%
-6 17 Germany $678,549,641 -24.21% 179.70%
1 18 Nicaragua $664,744,328 11.15% 2227.94%
1 19 Peru $654,309,911 33.04% 483.36%
-3 20 South Korea $566,246,710 -20.79% 208.71%
1 21 Taiwan $502,609,871 5.37% 30.44%
4 22 Switzerland $492,693,953 30.88% 624.64%
2 23 Canada $477,299,580 20.91% 472.41%
-1 24 Spain $463,824,738 -0.75% 182.86%
-4 25 Ecuador $431,696,455 -10.20% 175.03%
-2 26 Haiti $425,945,802 -7.46% 478.83%
0 27 Thailand $330,788,440 -3.21% 256.96%
2 28 Indonesia $291,560,212 36.14% 880.06%
10 29 Belgium $245,502,646 78.86% 1275.86%
6 30 Bahamas $240,305,943 36.71% 231.95%
0 31 Argentina $239,694,577 17.10% 422.34%
-4 32 Malaysia $233,809,968 -17.72% 102.97%
15 33 Trinidad and Tobago $225,123,655 145.95% 1094.59%
-5 34 India $223,864,140 -4.43% 410.70%
-1 35 Hong Kong $204,610,833 11.08% 61.15%
1 36 Panama $183,566,979 9.92% 106.36%
10 37 Jamaica $179,328,901 90.86% -17.64%
3 38 Vietnam $174,954,445 32.54% 2242905.71%
21 39 Belarus $148,182,575 366.44% 55897.41%
6 40 Norway $147,480,645 47.60% 870.44%
-8 41 Turkey $139,567,592 -25.13% 860.32%
-7 42 Russia $132,810,761 -25.16% 9066.08%
-5 43 Austria $125,018,904 -17.37% 325.63%
-12 44 Sweden $124,792,376 -33.10% 282.78%
-5 45 Aruba $121,241,656 -9.19% 8619.90%
-1 46 Bolivia $119,366,150 11.34% 135.67%
-5 47 Australia $108,323,195 -8.60% 199.80%
-5 48 Israel $108,233,126 -4.16% 87.86%
0 49 Denmark $108,159,612 20.67% 208.06%
28 50 Lithuania $84,009,873 679.80% NA
Source: WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census data. For more information, visit www.worldcityweb.com

5. Miami's Top 50 Export Partners, 2008
Ranking Total Exports 2008 1-Year % Change 16-Year % Change
Change 2008 World Total $54,915,730,898 20.80% 242.34%
0 1 Brazil $10,606,358,900 25.93% 797.93%
0 2 Venezuela $5,137,523,736 23.33% 107.17%
0 3 Colombia $3,804,181,695 21.87% 166.18%
1 4 Costa Rica $2,769,049,107 14.46% 326.89%
-1 5 Dominican Republic $2,710,592,236 5.69% 182.89%
1 6 Chile $2,429,141,109 27.51% 257.28%
1 7 Argentina $2,108,340,543 15.91% 94.59%
-2 8 Honduras $2,058,705,155 6.30% 431.57%
0 9 Peru $1,845,047,729 33.31% 423.55%
9 10 Switzerland $1,566,971,436 198.82% 3942.47%
0 11 Panama $1,452,789,209 23.25% 169.39%
-2 12 Guatemala $1,416,433,796 8.16% 178.56%
-1 13 Paraguay $1,351,020,906 20.99% 346.04%
-1 14 Ecuador $1,286,586,574 20.43% 196.65%
0 15 El Salvador $946,953,367 -4.68% 229.20%
-2 16 Bahamas $943,512,942 -10.33% 97.18%
0 17 Trinidad and Tobago $838,329,353 19.46% 443.84%
-2 18 Mexico $761,626,082 -4.31% 129.37%
-1 19 Jamaica $692,516,534 2.84% 58.62%
0 20 Germany $661,836,229 41.10% 155.30%
2 21 United Kingdom $534,816,104 33.72% 148.47%
-1 22 Netherlands Antilles $526,346,931 26.98% 93.96%
2 23 Nicaragua $513,279,790 39.92% 421.39%
-2 24 Netherlands $437,518,610 6.66% 348.78%
2 25 Spain $427,678,617 27.82% 69.96%
4 26 Italy $405,651,219 43.50% 113.81%
-3 27 Japan $376,714,698 -5.32% 392.57%
1 28 Haiti $366,353,932 25.26% 269.90%
4 29 Uruguay $358,471,672 39.13% 268.40%
-4 30 Cayman Islands $345,694,601 3.25% 382.06%
3 31 Barbados $273,547,668 6.33% 327.42%
20 32 Belgium $260,049,453 265.18% 496.29%
-5 33 China $254,197,802 -17.51% 4284.78%
-3 34 Hong Kong $249,673,536 -6.80% 2414.56%
-3 35 France $241,601,388 -8.53% -11.14%
-1 36 Turks and Caicos Islands $238,483,708 7.38% 1091.09%
0 37 Bolivia $233,383,705 54.81% 205.75%
3 38 United Arab Emirates $178,438,328 74.26% 1614.76%
-3 39 Aruba $168,557,861 1.94% 22.41%
-1 40 Finland $164,343,820 49.18% 1317.36%
1 41 Guyana $133,978,337 33.84% 68.74%
2 42 Belize $112,235,619 26.53% 58.62%
4 43 South Korea $112,179,574 36.59% 1386.18%
1 44 Suriname $110,177,678 24.72% 83.48%
-2 45 Singapore $107,176,384 19.16% 198.24%
-6 46 Antigua and Barbuda $102,679,916 -5.47% 176.04%
10 47 Taiwan $94,383,491 73.80% 984.43%
2 48 South Africa $93,429,144 26.71% 395.77%
6 49 Cuba $89,859,816 59.90% 7541.53%
-2 50 British Virgin Islands $87,720,791 10.28% 533.09%
Source: WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census data. For more information, visit www.worldcityweb.com

6. South Florida's Top 50 Trade Partners, 2008
Ranking Total Trade 2008 1-Year % Change 16-Year % Change
Change 2008 2007 1992 World Total $90,244,821,872 14.17% 251.25%
0 1 1 3 Brazil $13,165,524,649 22.41% 602.77%
0 2 2 1 Venezuela $6,384,337,861 18.91% 114.46%
0 3 3 2 Colombia $5,639,100,056 16.04% 163.22%
1 4 5 24 China $4,653,010,924 15.21% 1157.69%
-1 5 4 4 Dominican Republic $4,540,637,730 1.67% 154.32%
0 6 6 8 Honduras $4,004,184,051 4.44% 391.78%
0 7 7 5 Costa Rica $3,967,031,558 7.56% 230.33%
0 8 8 9 Chile $3,305,871,775 20.22% 312.27%
4 9 13 20 Peru $2,499,357,640 33.24% 437.99%
1 10 11 6 Argentina $2,348,035,120 16.03% 107.90%
-2 11 9 7 Guatemala $2,276,001,809 4.71% 146.42%
13 12 25 39 Switzerland $2,059,665,389 128.64% 1829.36%
-3 13 10 10 France $2,005,294,867 -3.01% 189.97%
0 14 14 18 El Salvador $1,760,267,407 4.00% 263.78%
1 15 16 13 Ecuador $1,718,283,029 10.92% 190.91%
-4 16 12 19 United Kingdom $1,654,529,070 -12.05% 245.78%
-2 17 15 21 Mexico $1,637,991,901 2.61% 257.46%
1 18 19 12 Panama $1,636,356,188 21.60% 160.46%
1 19 20 27 Netherlands $1,562,926,674 25.95% 691.05%
2 20 22 14 Japan $1,479,399,168 28.44% 152.11%
-4 21 17 15 Italy $1,455,695,595 -3.93% 162.43%
1 22 23 26 Paraguay $1,359,229,839 20.95% 344.60%
-5 23 18 17 Germany $1,340,385,870 -1.76% 167.10%
-3 24 21 16 Bahamas $1,183,818,885 -3.59% 114.89%
-1 25 24 35 Nicaragua $1,178,024,118 22.09% 827.58%
2 26 28 29 Trinidad and Tobago $1,063,453,008 34.06% 514.73%
-1 27 26 22 Spain $891,503,355 11.17% 114.51%
1 28 29 11 Jamaica $871,845,435 13.62% 33.24%
1 29 30 30 Haiti $792,299,734 5.25% 358.96%
-3 30 27 28 South Korea $678,426,284 -14.87% 255.25%
0 31 31 23 Taiwan $596,993,362 12.36% 51.51%
0 32 32 25 Netherlands Antilles $570,932,885 20.84% 77.77%
1 33 34 31 Canada $558,559,575 30.34% 265.82%
13 34 47 47 Belgium $505,552,099 142.50% 722.64%
-2 35 33 33 Hong Kong $454,284,369 0.49% 231.84%
1 36 37 37 Uruguay $404,699,724 28.22% 228.27%
-2 37 35 40 Thailand $376,719,479 -0.13% 294.91%
-2 38 36 44 Cayman Islands $355,731,033 2.16% 378.37%
3 39 42 36 Bolivia $352,749,855 36.74% 177.80%
4 40 44 59 Indonesia $332,046,278 40.14% 939.28%
-2 41 39 32 Aruba $289,799,517 -3.03% 108.36%
-1 42 41 45 Barbados $287,907,236 6.17% 307.47%
-3 43 40 52 India $282,356,617 -1.54% 480.73%
-6 44 38 34 Malaysia $260,777,247 -17.32% 97.78%
0 45 45 64 Turks and Caicos Islands $248,147,652 7.45% 855.52%
-3 46 43 78 Russia $209,247,011 -16.31% 1908.89%
1 47 48 55 Turkey $207,545,859 0.18% 397.45%
4 48 52 190 Vietnam $200,672,501 36.60% 2572624.37%
7 49 56 69 United Arab Emirates $199,201,072 50.82% 1132.85%
10 50 60 63 Norway $194,455,406 56.50% 634.51%
Source: WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census data. For more information, visit www.worldcityweb.com