Honduras: Maquila Exports up to the Second Quarter of 2017

Exports of goods for processing in the first half of 2017 totaled $1,992 million, of which $1,624 million corresponded to the textile industry.

Monday, August 28, 2017

From the report "Foreign trade of goods for transformation up to the second quarter of 2017" by the Central Bank:

Honduran exports of goods for processing in the first half of 2017 totaled US $1,992.0 million, up by US $11.4 million (0.6%) compared to June of the previous year (down 6.3%). This result is particularly associated with the rise of textiles and manufactured fibers (polyester yarns), destined - mostly - for the United States of America (USA) and Central America.

By type of product, external sales of textiles amounted to US $1,624.7 million, an increase of 0.4% when compared to the amount sold in the same period in 2016; this performance was derived from increased shipments of yarns and threads, textile fiber fabrics and textile articles, especially to El Salvador, Nicaragua and the USA; which was partially offset by a decline in exports of apparel (1.4%) and knitwear (2.8%). 

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