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In 2023, Honduras’s consumer-oriented imports from the United States reached $553 million, making it the second-largest importer in Central America, after Guatemala.

The total value of US agricultural exports in 2023 was USD 1.3 billion, down 4 percent from the previous year. Bulk products fell USD 53 million, while intermediate products rose USD 23 million. The main staple foods are white corn (maize), beans, and rice, with corn being consumed more than wheat or any other grain.

Honduras is the twenty-seventh most important export destination for consumer goods from the United States. Honduras' imports for fiscal year 2022 was $522.6 million, ranking second only to Guatemala in Central America and sixth in the Americas.

Honduras is the 24th largest market for U.S. agricultural exports, and the third largest market under the Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which entered into force for Honduras in 2006.

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In 2021, Honduras was the 48th largest export market of U.S. totaling US$6.51 billion. The total value of Agricultural only U.S. exports was US$1.14 billion, including US$316.78 million in processed food.

Two key free trade agreements – the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (or CAFTA-DR) and the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement – have stimulated U.S. agricultural exports...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional political and economic treaty organization comprised of the Arabian Gulf nations of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.

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.

Since the United States entered into the CAFTA-DR trade agreement, U.S. agricultural exports to the six CAFTA-DR countries have more than doubled.

Central America and the Caribbean, with their close geographical and economic ties to the United States, have always been an important market for U.S. agricultural exports.