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    "database": "US_Global_Consumer_Sister_City_Global_Candidate_US.duckdb",
    "object": "published.sister_city_ready_global_leads_current",
    "run_id": "NDS-US-GLOBAL-CONSUMER-SISTER-CITY-GLOBAL-CANDIDATE-V1_0_3-20261014_090728",
    "certification_id": "CERTIFIED_NDS_US_GLOBAL_CONSUMER_SISTER_CITY_GLOBAL_CANDIDATE_V1_0_3",
    "certified_at": "2026-10-14T09:07:41.544266-05:00",
    "reviewed_on": "2026-10-20",
    "complete_object": true,
    "underlying_observation_periods": "Not separately established by this export; release dates are not observation years."
  },
  "scope": "Identity-supported country-to-US-CBSA research leads; not established partnerships or a six-pillar Commercial Diplomacy ranking.",
  "counts": {
    "leads": 69,
    "countries": 10,
    "us_markets": 48,
    "sister_city_research": 56,
    "diaspora_outreach": 13
  },
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    {
      "lead_rank": 1,
      "country": "Australia",
      "country_iso3": "AUS",
      "country_iso2": "AU",
      "us_market_code": "35620",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.85,
      "community_bridge_score": 99.98,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.96,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 2,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "35620",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.57,
      "community_bridge_score": 99.57,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.96,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 3,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "20700",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.71,
      "community_bridge_score": 99.43,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.19,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 4,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "32580",
      "us_market": "McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 98.07,
      "community_bridge_score": 98.85,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.08,
      "upstream_match_strength": 95.84,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 5,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "41940",
      "us_market": "San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.45,
      "community_bridge_score": 98.78,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 87.87,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.7,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 6,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "31080",
      "us_market": "Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 98.56,
      "community_bridge_score": 98.07,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.83,
      "upstream_match_strength": 96.02,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 7,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "21340",
      "us_market": "El Paso, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.74,
      "community_bridge_score": 97.61,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.16,
      "upstream_match_strength": 95.22,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 8,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "15180",
      "us_market": "Brownsville-Harlingen, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.23,
      "community_bridge_score": 97.2,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.29,
      "upstream_match_strength": 96.02,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 9,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "41740",
      "us_market": "El Centro, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 96.27,
      "community_bridge_score": 97.16,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 96.61,
      "upstream_match_strength": 95.15,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 10,
      "country": "Brazil",
      "country_iso3": "BRA",
      "country_iso2": "BR",
      "us_market_code": "35620",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.91,
      "community_bridge_score": 96.95,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.96,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 11,
      "country": "Japan",
      "country_iso3": "JPN",
      "country_iso2": "JP",
      "us_market_code": "46520",
      "us_market": "Urban Honolulu, HI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.67,
      "community_bridge_score": 96.77,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.91,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.79,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 12,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "39580",
      "us_market": "Raleigh-Cary, NC",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 95.49,
      "community_bridge_score": 96.0,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.12,
      "upstream_match_strength": 88.37,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 13,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "42660",
      "us_market": "Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 96.39,
      "community_bridge_score": 95.76,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.71,
      "upstream_match_strength": 90.82,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 14,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "38060",
      "us_market": "Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.52,
      "community_bridge_score": 95.44,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 90.8,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.07,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 15,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "16980",
      "us_market": "Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.49,
      "community_bridge_score": 95.38,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.58,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.7,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 16,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "40140",
      "us_market": "Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.41,
      "community_bridge_score": 95.18,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 87.83,
      "upstream_match_strength": 95.14,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 17,
      "country": "Canada",
      "country_iso3": "CAN",
      "country_iso2": "CA",
      "us_market_code": "13380",
      "us_market": "Bellingham, WA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.63,
      "community_bridge_score": 95.14,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 88.5,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.77,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 18,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "37100",
      "us_market": "Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.68,
      "community_bridge_score": 94.96,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 88.96,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.82,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 19,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "16980",
      "us_market": "Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 96.37,
      "community_bridge_score": 94.79,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.58,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.7,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 20,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "41740",
      "us_market": "San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 97.33,
      "community_bridge_score": 94.72,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.75,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.71,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 21,
      "country": "Japan",
      "country_iso3": "JPN",
      "country_iso2": "JP",
      "us_market_code": "22420",
      "us_market": "Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.04,
      "community_bridge_score": 94.35,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.79,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.47,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 22,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "20580",
      "us_market": "Eagle Pass, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 89.67,
      "community_bridge_score": 94.1,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 85.03,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.09,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 23,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "40100",
      "us_market": "Rio Grande City-Roma, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 96.55,
      "community_bridge_score": 93.96,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.87,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.17,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 24,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "42660",
      "us_market": "Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 93.94,
      "community_bridge_score": 93.13,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.71,
      "upstream_match_strength": 90.82,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 25,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "22420",
      "us_market": "Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.85,
      "community_bridge_score": 92.71,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.79,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.47,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 26,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "47300",
      "us_market": "Hanford-Corcoran, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.18,
      "community_bridge_score": 91.9,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.06,
      "upstream_match_strength": 95.14,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 27,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "41740",
      "us_market": "San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 95.66,
      "community_bridge_score": 91.41,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.75,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.71,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 28,
      "country": "Canada",
      "country_iso3": "CAN",
      "country_iso2": "CA",
      "us_market_code": "15980",
      "us_market": "Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 96.58,
      "community_bridge_score": 90.79,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.29,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.13,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 29,
      "country": "Japan",
      "country_iso3": "JPN",
      "country_iso2": "JP",
      "us_market_code": "20700",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.96,
      "community_bridge_score": 90.47,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.19,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 30,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "46520",
      "us_market": "Urban Honolulu, HI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.77,
      "community_bridge_score": 90.35,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.91,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.79,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 31,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "49660",
      "us_market": "Salem, OH",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.27,
      "community_bridge_score": 89.9,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 88.37,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.2,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 32,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "28420",
      "us_market": "Kennewick-Richland, WA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.48,
      "community_bridge_score": 89.26,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 93.68,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.74,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 33,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "26020",
      "us_market": "Hobbs, NM",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.41,
      "community_bridge_score": 89.17,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 97.37,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.7,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 34,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "36220",
      "us_market": "Odessa, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.64,
      "community_bridge_score": 88.84,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 97.74,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.04,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 35,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "16980",
      "us_market": "Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.97,
      "community_bridge_score": 88.81,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.58,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.7,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 36,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "19620",
      "us_market": "Del Rio, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.32,
      "community_bridge_score": 88.35,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 97.83,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.56,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 37,
      "country": "Italy",
      "country_iso3": "ITA",
      "country_iso2": "IT",
      "us_market_code": "20700",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 85.76,
      "community_bridge_score": 88.33,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.19,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 38,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "33340",
      "us_market": "Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 93.06,
      "community_bridge_score": 87.54,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.32,
      "upstream_match_strength": 93.62,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 39,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "37980",
      "us_market": "Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.12,
      "community_bridge_score": 86.98,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 94.44,
      "upstream_match_strength": 93.48,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 40,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "12060",
      "us_market": "Gainesville, GA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.65,
      "community_bridge_score": 86.34,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.73,
      "upstream_match_strength": 90.38,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 41,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "12580",
      "us_market": "Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 89.99,
      "community_bridge_score": 86.19,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 93.14,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.18,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 42,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "37980",
      "us_market": "Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 87.68,
      "community_bridge_score": 86.15,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 94.44,
      "upstream_match_strength": 93.48,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 43,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "18060",
      "us_market": "Columbus, MS",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 93.32,
      "community_bridge_score": 86.11,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.41,
      "upstream_match_strength": 89.51,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 44,
      "country": "Germany",
      "country_iso3": "DEU",
      "country_iso2": "DE",
      "us_market_code": "28660",
      "us_market": "Killeen-Temple, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.17,
      "community_bridge_score": 84.89,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 96.99,
      "upstream_match_strength": 80.89,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 45,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "36420",
      "us_market": "Oklahoma City, OK",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 89.83,
      "community_bridge_score": 84.88,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 90.84,
      "upstream_match_strength": 90.39,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 46,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "22420",
      "us_market": "Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 93.92,
      "community_bridge_score": 84.3,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.79,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.47,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 47,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "30980",
      "us_market": "Mount Pleasant, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 89.91,
      "community_bridge_score": 84.13,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 91.76,
      "upstream_match_strength": 88.51,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 48,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "16740",
      "us_market": "Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.66,
      "community_bridge_score": 83.66,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 97.07,
      "upstream_match_strength": 93.02,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 49,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "31080",
      "us_market": "Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 94.05,
      "community_bridge_score": 83.3,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.83,
      "upstream_match_strength": 96.02,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 50,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "46700",
      "us_market": "Vallejo, CA",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.68,
      "community_bridge_score": 83.13,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 93.18,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.62,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 51,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "47380",
      "us_market": "Waco, TX",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.46,
      "community_bridge_score": 82.97,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 96.91,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.03,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 52,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "32820",
      "us_market": "Memphis, TN-MS-AR",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.51,
      "community_bridge_score": 82.21,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.16,
      "upstream_match_strength": 89.13,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 53,
      "country": "India",
      "country_iso3": "IND",
      "country_iso2": "IN",
      "us_market_code": "45300",
      "us_market": "Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.36,
      "community_bridge_score": 82.16,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.21,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.12,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 54,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "39900",
      "us_market": "Reno, NV",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.74,
      "community_bridge_score": 80.93,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 96.49,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.01,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 55,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "19700",
      "us_market": "Deming, NM",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 89.59,
      "community_bridge_score": 80.47,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 93.39,
      "upstream_match_strength": 86.23,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 56,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "40740",
      "us_market": "Roswell, NM",
      "purpose": "SISTER_CITY_RESEARCH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.01,
      "community_bridge_score": 80.02,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 94.1,
      "upstream_match_strength": 88.06,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 57,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "13140",
      "us_market": "Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.25,
      "community_bridge_score": 79.71,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 94.19,
      "upstream_match_strength": 90.87,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 58,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "46340",
      "us_market": "Tyler, TX",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.22,
      "community_bridge_score": 79.66,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.33,
      "upstream_match_strength": 89.55,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 59,
      "country": "Germany",
      "country_iso3": "DEU",
      "country_iso2": "DE",
      "us_market_code": "15980",
      "us_market": "Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.35,
      "community_bridge_score": 79.39,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.29,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.13,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 60,
      "country": "Spain",
      "country_iso3": "ESP",
      "country_iso2": "ES",
      "us_market_code": "20700",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 83.9,
      "community_bridge_score": 78.74,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.19,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 61,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "33260",
      "us_market": "Midland, TX",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 92.56,
      "community_bridge_score": 78.73,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.25,
      "upstream_match_strength": 90.09,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 62,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "20700",
      "us_market": "New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.78,
      "community_bridge_score": 78.42,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.19,
      "upstream_match_strength": 94.26,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 63,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "40420",
      "us_market": "Rockford, IL",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.57,
      "community_bridge_score": 78.4,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.15,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.33,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 64,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "27340",
      "us_market": "Jacksonville, NC",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 90.04,
      "community_bridge_score": 77.13,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 95.52,
      "upstream_match_strength": 88.44,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 65,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "22420",
      "us_market": "Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 88.34,
      "community_bridge_score": 76.84,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 98.79,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.47,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 66,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "45300",
      "us_market": "Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.78,
      "community_bridge_score": 75.3,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.21,
      "upstream_match_strength": 91.12,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 67,
      "country": "Mexico",
      "country_iso3": "MEX",
      "country_iso2": "MX",
      "us_market_code": "18060",
      "us_market": "Columbus, MS",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 91.64,
      "community_bridge_score": 74.92,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.41,
      "upstream_match_strength": 89.51,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 68,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "39580",
      "us_market": "Raleigh-Cary, NC",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 87.25,
      "community_bridge_score": 72.72,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.12,
      "upstream_match_strength": 88.37,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    },
    {
      "lead_rank": 69,
      "country": "China",
      "country_iso3": "CHN",
      "country_iso2": "CN",
      "us_market_code": "19100",
      "us_market": "Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX",
      "purpose": "DIASPORA_OUTREACH",
      "consumer_opportunity_score": 88.23,
      "community_bridge_score": 70.17,
      "country_conversion_percentile": 99.62,
      "upstream_match_strength": 92.2,
      "source_method_note": "US-side evidence lead. Not proof of formal sister-city compatibility until international city, institution, trade, and civic evidence are attached."
    }
  ]
}
