Understanding Florida’s standing as a whole is key to analysing the potential for Cape Corals industry and weather it is on par with similar settlements.
FLORIDAS TOP EXPORTS:
To understand what types of manufacturing industries that are found in Florida, It is useful to understand what the state exports. the following represents Florida’s global shipments during 2020
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Aircraft including engines, parts: US$4.9 billion (10.7% of Florida’s total exports)
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Cell phones: $2.3 billion (4.9%)
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Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $1.1 billion (2.4%)
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Small portable digital computers: $938 million (2%)
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Modems, similar reception/transmission devices: $882 million (1.9%)
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Mineral or chemical fertilizers: $628 million (1.4%)
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Gold (unwrought): $617 million (1.3%)
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Gas turbine parts: $552 million (1.2%)
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Medical/surgical/dental/veterinarian instruments: $519 million (1.1%)
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Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate: $517 million (1.1%)
FLORIDAS IMPORTS:
Understanding Florida’s imports helps to identify what the state needs most but doesn’t produce, exposing gaps in the market for progressive industry development.
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Nucleic acids, salts: $3.6 billion (4.8% of Florida’s total imports)
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Mid-sized automobiles (piston engine): $3.3 billion (4.4%)
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Cell phones: $2.7 billion (3.6%)
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Gold (unwrought): $2 billion (2.7%)
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Integrated circuits (processors/controllers): $1.6 billion (2.1%)
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Pacific salmon: $1.2 billion (1.6%)
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Bananas: $995 million (1.3%)
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Cigars, cigarillos: $968 million (1.3%)
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Medium-size aircraft: $881 million (1.2%)
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Miscellaneous petroleum oils: $827 million (1.1%)
CAPE CORAL MANUFACTRUING BUSINESSES:
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Oldcastle precast
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SRM concrete
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Preffered materials
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Gulf coast metalworks
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Atlas boat works
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Tarpon boat works
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AD & D manufacturing corp
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S4J manufacturing services
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Marine Concepts inc
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CAPE CORALS INDUSTRIAL/MANUFACTURING ZONING
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SUMMARY
It is well known that Cape Coral suffers from an overzealous approach to its residential, single family zoning which spans from its inception in the 50’s. One of the many issues that this causes is that there is very little real estate focused on industry and manufacturing. This creates many further issues, one being that what little space for factories, workshops and general industrial is geared towards providing for the massively stretched residential population with little to no facilities focused on providing services outside of the Cape Coral area.
The vast majority of workshops, factories and other facilities are based around providing for the people of cape coral, builders yard, body shops, workshops for both cars and boats.