International Trade

Jacksonville Sister Cities Association

Jacksonville has a mayoral Sister City program that serves as the city's connection to people, businesses and governments around the world. Jacksonville currently has eight sister cities that include: Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Curitiba, Brazil; Masan, Korea; Murmansk, Russia; Nantes, France; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; San Juan, Puerto Rico and Yingkou, China and three friendship cities in China that include: Ningbo, Shaoxing and Suzhou.

The goal of Sister Cities is to promote cultural understanding, foster educational exchanges and stimulate economic development between Jacksonville and our international cities. More information can be found at www.jsca.org.

The City of Jacksonville and JEDC partner with economic development partners to promote international trade in Jacksonville. Below are links to these partners, trade lead resources and other sites of international interest.

JAXUSA Partnership International Division
Our economic development partner engages in inbound and outbound foreign trade missions, markets Jacksonville internationally, maintains international contacts and houses the World Trade Center Jacksonville. More information can be found at:
http://www.jaxusa.org/Biz_Enviro/International.aspx 

JAXPORT
International trade is big business at JAXPORT, where companies can take advantage of Foreign Trade Zone #64 and save money on tariffs and duties. JAXPORT's top trading partners include Brazil, Argentine, Russia, Columbia, Canada and Bahamas. In addition, JAXPORT also handles 85 percent of all U.S. trade with Puerto Rico. More information can be found at http://www.jaxport.com

International Trade Leads
Enterprise Florida Electronic Trade International Trade Leads Network
U.S. Export.gov Trade Lead Database
U.S. Commercial Service International Partner Search

 

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