Consular & Trade Offices

Coral Gables hosts two dozen consular and trade offices that provide services that can range from visas and passports to tourism, trade, and educational/cultural exchanges. Some of the offices are full-scale consulates, with diplomats sent to Florida from their respective homelands. Others feature honorary or volunteer consuls, including some local attorneys. Steven J. Green, for example, the former U.S. ambassador to Singapore, serves as honorary consul for Singapore from his real estate company office in Coral Gables. Even the U.S. government has a consular-type office in the city: An Office of Foreign Missions, which, among other things, serves foreign diplomats in the U.S. southeast region and ensures that diplomatic benefits are properly exercised. In addition to their offices located here, Coral Gables is also the home to numerous consular officials who choose to live here because of the city’s cultural diversity and the old-world Latin/European elegance of its architecture, cuisine and streetscapes.

Colombia is one of South Florida’s largest trading partners. In the first half of 2020, Colombia ranked second only to Brazil in trade through Miami International Airport and came in at No. 8 for all trade passing through the PortMiami. Top imports include oil, coffee, gold and flowers; top exports include gasoline, corn, aircraft parts and cellphones.

Established in 1981, the Colombian consulate is located in the heart of downtown Coral Gables, across the street from Books & Books and adjacent to the Coral Gables Art Cinema. It plays an active part in the city’s cultural life, for years offering a venue for artists as part of the Gables Gallery Night program.

The jurisdiction for the Colombian consulate covers all of South Florida, from Key West to Port St. Lucie. Its mission is to protect the interests of Colombian citizens here, but also to enhance two-way trade and travel between the U.S. and Colombia.

LOCATION: 280 ARAGON AVE., CORAL GABLES, FL 33134

PHONE: 305-448-4179/5558

EMAIL: CMIAMI@CANCILLERIA.GOV.CO

WEBSITE: MIAMI.CONSULADO.GOV.CO

TOP OFFICIAL: PEDRO A. VALENCIA L ASERNA, CONSUL GENERAL

TRADE FIGURES (FIRST HALF OF 2020)

PORTMIAMI:

$312 MILLION, RANKED #8

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:

$2.39 BILLION, RANKED #2