By Hector Martinez on February 22, 2016
agriculture, Banana, bananas
General Honduras News, Headline News, News from Honduras

Ramón Duarte, the general secretary of the union of the Standard Fruit SUTRASFCO Company, stated that their goal for this year was to expand banana production by 1,200 hectares (2,965 Acres). According to Duarte the expansion plan has 2 goals: increasing banana production improving their quality so as to be more competitive and become the […]
By Hector Martinez on February 11, 2016
agriculture, Banana, bananas, Business
Business - Economics, Headline News

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 […]
By Catracha Hondurena on April 23, 2012
bananas, MSMEs
Business - Economics
A delegation of German investors is in Honduras closing business deals with small and medium banana producers in order to enter the Russian market with a demand worth 100 million Euro. The Undersecretary of Agriculture, Juan Carlos Ordóñez noted that this opportunity will not only generate foreign exchange, but the opening to an important market. […]
By Alma Castro Hernández on January 11, 2012
agriculture, bananas
Environmental News
Honduras should seize the opportunity this year to become the leading seller of bananas in Latin America, since Ecuador is facing production and transportation problems. The challenge was brought by the producer, Arturo Castillo, after saying that Honduras exported in 2011, more than 25 million boxes, especially to the United States, earning approximately USD $400 […]