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Sugar production and exports are projected slightly up in marketing year (MY) 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024) because of the increase in productivity yields, harvested area, and additional investments made in the sugar sector and increased exports, as the Honduran Sugar Industry fully recovers from the rainy season in November 2022.

Honduras is the 24th largest market for U.S. agricultural exports, and the third largest market under the Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which entered into force for Honduras in 2006.

The implementation of the CAFTA-DR agreement and favorable market conditions have resulted in more franchises and supermarkets.

Honduras allows commercial production of genetically engineered (GE) crops. As of October 2016, planted GE corn areas increased by 13 percent to 38,700 hectares from the previous year.

Since the United States entered into the CAFTA-DR trade agreement, U.S. agricultural exports to the six CAFTA-DR countries have more than doubled.

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) help expand foreign markets for U.S. producers and exporters by reducing trade barriers, fostering a more stable and transparent environment for trade and investment...

Graphic illustrating the growth of U.S. agricultural exports in response to trade agreements over the past 70 years.

Honduras ranks first in Central America, third in Latin America, and sixth globally in coffee exports by volume.

The United States is the world’s largest producer of beef but it also imports more beef than any other country.

Sugar production and exports are projected to increase in marketing year 2016/17. It is expected that the forecasted weather conditions of La Nina will bring more rain.

The Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), National Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASA), is the regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that...

The National Plant and Animal Health Service of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock has requested that the expiration date, lot number, and production date appear on the shipping carton(s).