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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO PURSUE AND MAINTAIN ANY AVAILABLE DESIGNATIONS FOR THE PORT OF MIAMI AS A COFFEE PORT; AND DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 14-65

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WHEREAS, on December 3, 2019, this Board heard a discussion item regarding a trade mission in which various County officials met with high-level officials regarding the expansion of foreign trade through the Port of Miami; and
WHEREAS, as was indicated during the discussion item presented to the Board, business opportunities between the County and major coffee producers abound based on many factors, including geographic advantages and advantages deriving from past experiences between the County and the coffee-producing countries; and
WHEREAS, as Port of Miami Director Juan Kuryla explained during that discussion item, business opportunities may be facilitated by the fact that some of the same shipping lines that currently service the Port of Miami have significant global reach, including into coffee-producing countries; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the global coffee market was valued at $465.9 billion, and it is anticipated that there will be substantial growth that market between 2021 and 2026 based, in part, on the growth of demand in North America; and


WHEREAS, although the Port of Miami is a stop for cargo ships coming and going from around the entire world, the Port of Miami is ideally situated for the coffee trade insofar as some of the largest global producers of coffee are in the Americas and is a United States port in close proximity to Africa, another major global producer of coffee; and
WHEREAS, this Board desires for the Port of Miami to develop its status as a coffee port, both for coffee exporters in the Americas and elsewhere in the world,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board:
Section 1. Adopts and incorporates the foregoing recitals as true and correct.
Section 2. Directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to pursue and maintain any available designations for the Port of Miami as a coffee port and further directs the County Mayor or County Mayor�s designee to prepare a report on its accomplishments in this regard and to place the completed written report on an agenda of the Board in accordance with Ordinance No. 14-65.