Our location is a great commodity.
Metro Denver's strategic location, diverse industry mix, and fast-growing international airport combine to make the region a highly strategic location for international trade.
Located on the 105th meridian, Metro Denver's central location at the exact midpoint between Tokyo and Frankfurt positions the region favorably to serve growing world markets.
From energy to aerospace and aviation, information technology and financial services to bioscience, Metro Denver offers a healthy blend of knowledge-based industries and the second-most highly educated workforce in the United States.
And, Denver International Airport (DIA) is experiencing dynamic growth. A direct flight to Asia scheduled to start service in March 2013 and record international passenger traffic combine to make DIA the world's 10th-busiest airport.
International Trade Overview
- United States - Metro Denver is only 346 miles west of the geographic center of the continental United States, offering an excellent location for doing business with the entire nation, especially the fast-growing western and southwestern regions.
- Mountain Time Zone - The Mountain time zone location allows efficient communication with both coasts as well as with Europe, South America, and Asia in the same business day.
- One-Bounce Satellite - Denver is the largest U.S. city to offer one-bounce satellite uplinks that provide real-time connections to six out of seven continents in one business day.
- Canada and Mexico - Metro Denver is also strategically located between Canada and Mexico, which are partners in the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Exports to NAFTA partners represented nearly one-third of Colorado's total export value in 2011.
- International Flights - With direct flights to London, Frankfurt, and Reykjavik, as well as several nonstop destinations in Canada and Mexico, DIA's international passenger traffic grew steadily in 2011.
- Foreign Direct Investment - Foreign-controlled companies employ 85,400 workers in Colorado, an increase of nearly 10 percent over six years.