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In 2022 Honduras has made no modifications or changes to its existing regulatory framework. As of October 2022, Honduras had more than 52,000 hectares (ha) of genetically engineered (GE) Corn production, a 37 percent increase from calendar 2021.

U.S. exporters enjoy a strong position in the Honduran market, thanks to the CAFTA-DR agreement. More than 95 percent of U.S. industrial and commercial goods can enter the country duty free, with the remaining tariffs to be phased out by 2025. Import tariffs for rice and chicken leg quarters will be eliminated in 2023, as well as for dairy products in 2025.

On October 1, 2020 Guatemala and Honduras opened peripheral customs that allow commercial exchange of agricultural biotechnology.

The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) is the regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras.

The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) has uploaded on its website the import requirements for plant products.

The production forecast for marketing year (MY) 2020/21 is 6.1 million 60-kilogram (kg) bags, a nine percent increase from the previous year.

U.S. exporters enjoy a strong position in the Honduran market, in part thanks to the CAFTA-DR agreement.