FLORIDA: Gateway For World Exports - From produce to timber, the Sunshine State offers opportunities for profit

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If you want to import high-value U.S. food and agricultural products to build your sales and profits, the state of Florida, known as the Sunshine State, is a one-stop shopping source. "Florida has the benefit of location, location, location," assertsLiz Gablehouse, international development representative for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) in Tallahassee. "It's a major crossroads for world trade and has become an entry point for Pacific Rim goods coming into theUnited States for transit to the Caribbean, Central America and South America. It's also an entry point for European goods both coming into the United States and going to those same points."