The coordinator of the Sectorial Office of Economic Development, Arnaldo Castillo, stated that, after an open dialogue, the Government reached an important agreement with Honduras’ onion importing and producing sectors. He stressed that the government would support the arrangements agreed between the producing and importing sectors. The import sector pledged to buy all of the […]
The Central Bank of Honduras stated that the country’s banana exports between January and November 2015 increased by 11.5% in value and 7.3% in volume when compared to the same period of 2014. During the reference period, banana sales amounted to $442.7 million dollars, i.e. 11.5% more than the $397.2 million dollars achieved in the […]
Zambos – the iconic snacks brand made by Dinant and part of Honduran culture – will represent Honduras in a Government campaign to promote the nation’s values, traditions and skills abroad. An agreement signed by President Juan Orlando Hernandez and Miguel Mauricio Facusse, Executive President of Corporacion Dinant, means that millions of packets of Zambos […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to send a team of experts to Honduras in early March to review the tax exemptions employed by the Government, the head of the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI), Miriam Guzman, said. Guzman said that tax exemptions, which are used to attract investment in certain sectors and to stimulate […]
According to a report by the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (ERIC-SJ as it is known in Spanish), Hondurans primarily migrate for economic opportunities, not to flee violence. The report by ERIC-SJ, a Jesuit-run research and social action center in Honduras, is based on a survey of public perceptions of the country’s social, political, and […]