 Business in Honduras,
Tegucigalpa
Syllabus of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Honduras - Tegucigalpa
- Introduction to the Republic of Honduras (Central America)
- Honduran Economy
- International Trade
(Import, Export) of Honduras
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Honduras
- Doing Business in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro de Sula
- Case Study: Business Opportunities in Honduras
- Manufacturing
- Textile
- Agribusiness
- Services
- Access to the Honduran Market
- Business Plan for Honduras
The objectives of the Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the Republic of Honduras” are the following:
- To analyse the Honduran Economy and Foreign Trade (Import, Export, FDI)
- To know the business opportunities in the Republic of Honduras
- To explore the Honduran trade relations with the country of the student
- To know the Honduran Free Trade Agreements
- To develop a business plan for the Honduran Market
Sample of the Subject - Doing Business in Honduras

Description of the Subject: Foreign Trade and Business in Honduras.
Honduran Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Market Access
- Honduras and the
Latin American Economic Area
- Central American Integration System (SICA)
- Central American Common Market - Integrated with the SICA -
- The Honduran products and services has direct access to many international markets thanks to the Trade Agreements with the United States, Canada, Colombia, Panama, Central America, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Japan,
European Union, Taiwan, Chile,
or Australia
- Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
- Mesoamerica Project
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
- Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
International Trade Facilitation Programs
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
- Agreement on Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement)
- Agreement on
Preshipment Inspection
- Agreement on Safeguards (SG)
- Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)
- World Customs Organisation (WCO)
- Revised Kyoto Convention
The Republic of Honduras.
- Since 1980 Honduras is governed by a democratic system with steady institutions, a
transparent legal system, and political and social stability.
- Honduras is situated in the heart of the American continent. Only two hours by
Air and 48
to 72 hours by sea to the United States
- Honduras has a population of 8.7 million people
- Honduran Capital: Tegucigalpa
- Area of Honduras: 112,492 square kilometres
- Honduras shares borders with Guatemala,
El Salvador, and Nicaragua
- Honduran main language: Spanish
- Honduras gained the independence from Spain in 1821
- Abolition of Slavery in Honduras:
1824
- African Diaspora in Honduras: 0.1 million people (2% of the Honduran population)
The main religion in Honduras: Christianity -
Catholicism (7 million) and Protestantism (1 million)
Honduras belongs to the Latin American Economic Area of the Western Civilisation
Honduran Economy.
- The Republic of Honduras is an interesting place to do business in Central America
- Honduras is near the production centres of
North America and the largest markets in the World
- In the last years, 300 companies have established their operations in the Republic of Honduras (America) under “maquila” - (manufacturing and light assembly) in sectors such as textile and apparel, agro-industry, automotive components, electronics, and furniture production,
- Honduras is the hub of the Central American garment industry
- Honduras serves as a
distribution platform to
the Central American markets, among the lowest
logistics costs in the region
- The main Honduran economic activities are the financial services, communications, manufacturing, trade, agriculture, livestock, forestry, and fisheries
- Agribusiness represents 40% of the GDP of Honduras
- Honduran Currency: Lempira
Emerging Sectors in Honduras:
- Traditional sectors (agriculture, textiles, tourism)
- Value-added industries (agribusiness, sustainable tourism, light manufacturing, and business services)
- A flexible manufacturing sector, capable of exporting in varying scales, supported by a favourable tax and
customs code
- A growing services sector
- A tourism sector that attracts international travellers
- A forestry industry that supplies a broad variety of non-traditional wood species
32 million hectares (80 million acres) at highly competitive prices, with different climates and a large potential for low irrigation agriculture

Main business opportunities in Honduras:
- Traditional sectors: agriculture, textiles, and tourism
- Value-added industries: agribusiness, sustainable tourism, light manufacturing, and business services
Foreign Trade of Honduras.
- Exports of the Republic of Honduras are led by the activities related to the maquilas
- Total Honduran exports grew by 7.2%.
- Honduras is the third largest apparel exporter to the U.S.
market
- The main Honduran export markets are the United States, the European Union, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico
- The largest importers from Honduras are the United States, Guatemala, El
Salvador, European Union, and Costa Rica
- Puerto Cortés is the only deep-water port in Central America; is engaged (busiest) among
the Honduran and Central American ports
- The Inter-oceanic Highway construction will allow the communication by road between
the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans
- Any part of Honduras can be an Industrial Processing Zone/Free Zone where companies are exempt from all taxes
FIDE Investment and exports is a Honduran private non-profit organisation that works in partnership with the Government and other private agencies to improve the business climate in Honduras and
promote the foreign direct investment (FDI).


Economic Organisations
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Organisation of American States (OAS)
- United Nations (UN)
- World Bank
(WB)
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
- International Monetary Fund
(IMF)
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