​Total annual revenue generated from specialty license plates continues to try to get back to the annual revenue amount that was generated from the program prior to the significant increase in registration fees and taxes that were introduced by the DMV in August, 2009.
In 2008, 1,524,608 specialty license plates were sold, generating $34,383,524.65, compared to 1,446,623 ($33,509,016.00) in 2018.

Prior to 2009, specialty license plate sales increased every year, despite the economic recession. The 2009 Florida State Legislature significantly increased vehicle registration fees, particularly with respect to purchasing specialty license plates. In 2008, annual sales of Florida Specialty License Plates amounted to 1,623,486. Since 2009, there has been a 19.78% decline in Specialty Plate sales, reflecting approximately $7 million lost in annual revenue. 
In September, 2013, the Florida Legislature reduced some fees associated with vehicle registrations, however, did not address the significant increase in the cost to purchase a new specialty license plate that was imposed in 2009.

The estimated eCommerce revenue in US Dollars of the top 5 countries in 2018 were:
1. 584 billion for China, (110 billion higher than the United States)
2. 474 billion for the US
3. 105 billion for Japan
4. 103 billion for UK
5. 70 billion for Germany

​As expected, electronics dominate the market, followed by miscellaneous (including office supplies, gifts, novelty and souvenirs) and clothing. Categories such as food and beverages have a very small share of online sales. But all of these markets will evolve in the coming years.
(Source: Statista, Roland Berger)

​Authorities say more than 260 dolphins have stranded across the U.S. Gulf Coast since Feb. 1, triple the usual number.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists say it's too early to know the cause but they're investigating whether salinity changes from high rivers and a Louisiana spillway opening contributed to the deaths.
NOAA says on its website that a number of the dolphins stranded from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle had open sores consistent with freshwater exposure, but such sores are "not uncommon" in the spring.
A Mississippi scientist says the spillway opening is at least partly to blame for 126 deaths across Mississippi's coastline, calling it worse than the BP oil spill in 2010, when 91 dead dolphins were found in Mississippi during the entire year.