Here is the article no_worries. I don't know what they are exporting but as Brazil is the largest trading partner, I don't think that is citrus. I think they produce more citrus than we do.
I think I told you that both my uncles are accountants? One is a CPA and the other is just a regular one but has a good practice. But I try and not ask them too much. :wink:
Man 7:30 EST that's 4:30 over there. That's the middle of the night for me. You probably are right though about watching the boards. Seems like what my thing is I seem to get the "gotta move" loads. This last one I just did to Jacksonville, the guy told me that the earlier driver bailed out.
I told him that if I end up sitting there I am going to need detention. He said he was already losing money on the load. I seem to hear that a lot
I was talking with a broker the other day that use to get tomatoes out of Plant City, Fl. He said some company came in and bought the operation and now they send out emails to solicit rates. The guy said computers were the worst thing that has happened to trucking. The cheapest bid wins.
If I had a truckload of anything, I don't think I would be looking for the cheapest carrier.
South Florida's growth rate in trade stayed strong in 2007
By Doreen Hemlock
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
February 16, 2008
South Florida's international trade is poised for another record in 2008 after reaching nearly $80 billion last year.
The value of goods traded through airports and seaports from Key West to Fort Pierce likely will grow at a bit slower than the almost 10 percent pace of 2007, as the world economy loses steam. But trade will remain a bright spot for South Florida business this year, analysts said.
"The conditions that made the last few years records for trade remain: a weak dollar and a robust market in Latin America," said Manny Mencia, senior vice president for Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development group.
The Latin American and Caribbean region, South Florida's biggest trade bloc, is benefiting from high prices for its exports of oil, metals, soybeans and other commodities.
A weak dollar makes U.S. goods cheaper in most other currencies, including the real in Brazil, South Florida's single largest trade partner.
South Florida's exports could rise by double digits again this year to top $50 billion for the first time, Mencia said.
In 2007, the value of South Florida exports soared nearly 15 percent to $45.5 billion. Latin American neighbors bought lots more computers, cell phones, medical equipment and other goods.
Brazil alone bought $8.4 billion in goods from South Florida, a whopping 27 percent more than the previous year, according to U.S. Commerce Department data compiled by Coral Gables-based media company WorldCity Inc.
Indeed, South Florida exported so much last year that it posted its highest trade surplus ever. Shipments to foreign countries topped its purchases from abroad by $11.8 billion, the data showed.
The area is the only U.S. Customs district to post trade surpluses for 15 straight years, said WorldCity publisher Ken Roberts.
Overall, South Florida performed better in trade than the nation did last year. U.S. trade rose at a slower pace, up nearly 8 percent to $3.1 trillion. And the country posted another massive trade deficit: $790.9 billion, down by 3 percent, the data showed.
"To some extent, South Florida is fairly insulated from trade deficits, as long as China and India keep buying so much from Latin America," Roberts said. "That's because basically, we supply Latin America."