Honduras: Sugar Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   HO2020-0009
Sugar production and exports are projected slightly up in marketing year (MY) 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) because of the increase in productivity yields, harvested area, and additional investments made in the sugar sector and increased exports. In MY 2023/24 there has been an increase in productivity in crop areas mainly due to modernization, better and more efficient irrigation systems, new technologies that allow precision agriculture, and the recovery areas affected by the changing climate. MY 2024/25 revised estimates show show an increase of 4.38 percent for sugar production and 7.87 percent in sugar exports. Recovery efforts are expected to continue all of Marketing Year (MY) 2025, however the sugar industry is already reaching production levels like those reached in MY 2023. Therefore MY 2025 forecast signal a rebound to 5.28 MT of sugarcane harvested, 548,000 MT of sugarcane produced, and 198.800 MT of sugar exported.

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