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title: Virus Disrupts Miami Areas International Trade and Supply Systems
description: “There is a massive global demand for pandemic related products, so supply chains are bending and transforming in ways they have never been bent before. This is a transformative event, and I would not flat-out say that trade is down so much as it has changed. We’re undergoing an extraordinary and epic shift in demand.”
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# [Virus Disrupts Miami Areas International Trade and Supply Systems](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/coronavirus-has-disrupted-supply-chains-for-nearly-75-of-us-companies-0-0-0-0-0-2-0)

 Written by [Miami Herald](https://blog.wtcmiami.org/blog/author/miami-herald) | Apr 21, 2020 8:59:17 PM

"Commercial airlines have radically reduced passenger flights, but passenger planes that are still flying also carry freight, as they normally do. Also, air freight traffic through MIA is very active."

- Ivan Barrios, President & CEO, World Trade Center Miami

 

"There is a massive global demand for pandemic related products, so supply chains are bending and transforming in ways they have never been bent before. We are undergoing an extraordinary and epic shift in demand."

- Alice Ancona, Senior Vice President & COO, World Trade Center Miami

[Click here to read more.](https://www.worldtrade.org/post/virus-disrupts-miami-area-s-international-trade-and-supply-systems-world-trade-center-miami)

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