Honduran Economy is Still Recovering

After in January 2021 in the context of the crisis caused by the pandemic, the Monthly Index of Economic Activity at the national level reported a 6% decrease in year on year terms, in February a smaller drop was registered, amounting to 3.5%.

Monday, April 19, 2021

The drop recorded in February continues to reflect the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the damage caused by the tropical storms of November 2020, affecting the evolution of most economic activities, mainly in "... Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fishing; Manufacturing Industry; Transportation and Storage; Hotels and Restaurants; Commerce; and Private Construction; these contractions have been partially offset by the boost in the services of Mail and Telecommunications and Financial Intermediation", informed the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH).

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The document states that "... Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fishing, reflected a reduction of 11.5% as of February 2021 (-3.5% in the same period of the previous year), as a result of the aftermath left by tropical storms in November 2020 in agricultural crops of melons and watermelons, sugar cane, African palm cultivation; bananas, basic grains and coffee; causing losses and delays in the harvest, as well as landslides in farms that were starting the productive process."

"The Manufacturing Industry presented a 6.5% negative variation (5.4% growth in the same period of the previous year), mainly explained by the reduction in the manufacture of Food, Beverages and Tobacco; Textile Products and Apparel; and to a lesser extent, Paper Products and Publishing Printers; and Substances, Chemical Products and Plastics", adds the official report.

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