Honduras Businessmen Visit ColombiaTuesday, May 25, 2010 Businessmen from Honduras met with their Colombian counterparts to explore commercial opportunities; they were joined by Honduran president Porfirio Lobo Sosa. Benjamín Bográn, an Honduras businessman, remarked that Colombian companies might be willing to invest $500 million in infrastructure and transportation projects. Honduran Exports Up 19%Friday, August 6, 2010 Between January and May sales abroad totaled $1.27 billion, 19.1% higher than the $1.06 billion in the same period of 2009. The largest growth was in exports of coffee, sugar, palm oil, lead and textiles, according to data from the Honduran Central Bank (BCH). Forum on Cacao in HondurasTuesday, September 12, 2017 On October 24th, a meeting of cocoa producers will be held in San Pedro Sula, where topics such as genetics and market opportunities will be discussed. The forum, organized by the National Association of Cocoa Producers in Honduras, is expected to involve 400 producers and members of the National Committee of the Cocoa Chain. Taiwan Goes to Honduras and Panama to Buy CoffeeWednesday, January 18, 2017 From February 7th to 20th a delegation of Taiwanese businessmen will be visiting the two countries to evaluate and buy coffee, and take part in business meetings with local coffee growers. As part of the Taiwan Coffee Mission 2017, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Trade Office for Central America in Taipei, entrepreneurs will visit farms, take part in tastings and hold business meetings with local producers. Honduras: Good Expectations for BananasTuesday, November 22, 2016 Producers predict to end 2016 with a growth of between 6% and 7% in the export of the fruit. Despite the adverse weather conditions which affected banana production not only in Honduras but also in other parts of Central America, revenues generated from the sale of bananas abroad could reach $485 million this year, according to projections by the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock. Taiwan Trade Mission in HondurasMonday, November 28, 2016 Until December 7 a group of businessmen and investors will be in the country to meet with local businesses and explore business opportunities. The trade mission was organized by the government of Honduras, after having participated last month on a tour of the Asian country to promote the arrival of more Taiwanese investment in the country. Honduras: Onion Imports RegulatedWednesday, January 21, 2015 The Ministry of Development has announced a new licensing regime to import onions, which will be available only for the usual operators in the production and marketing chain. The government of Honduras together with onion producers and importers has agreed to create a regulation on importing vegetables in order to control the activity. Honduras: Transfer Pricing in Foreign CompaniesMonday, June 22, 2015 The Executive Directorate of Revenue has announced that as part of the changes in the audit and tax collection it will oversee the transfer prices of companies headquartered abroad. In addition to the implementation of electronic billing and other changes that aim to improve the supervision of tax collections, the Executive Directorate of Revenue (DEI) has announced that foreign companies or Honduran companies whose headquarters are outside of the country must report in detail their transfer prices. Honduras - Peru Chamber of CommerceThursday, October 9, 2014 Employers have announced that January 2015 will see the opening of the Honduran -Peruvian Chamber of Commerce which will focus on facilitating business between the two countries. With the affiliation of 32 Honduran companies, this initiative will seek to exploit business opportunities in the Peruvian market for Honduran companies. Sweden Opens its Doors to Honduran ExportsThursday, April 26, 2012 Open Trade Gate Sweden provides greater opportunities to Hondurans exporting textiles, seafood and in the agribusiness to increase trade, as well as offering free training. Sweden wants to increase bilateral trade with Honduras, from its mere $215,000 a year, and for this reason, its office, Open Trade Gate Sweden is provided more information and training to private companies so that they can export from Honduras to this Nordic country. Honduras and the FTA with MexicoFriday, September 28, 2012 With the ratification of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) a good market opens up to Honduras for palm oil, textiles and sugar. So stated Mexico's ambassador in Honduras, Hugo Morales before the ratification of the FTA by the Honduran congress. "What is in the most demand by Mexico is palm oil which Honduras produces in great quanitites along with manufacturing derivatives, like sugar." Opportunities for Honduras in FTA with MexicoWednesday, January 9, 2013 Representatives of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise urge the export sector to make the most of the Free Trade Agreement between Central America and Mexico. The treaty was ratified by Congress in July 2012 and its effective date supersedes the one signed in June 2000 (Triángulo Norte). Honduras Starts Beef Exports to TaiwanThursday, February 28, 2013 The company C&D will send the first of the containers in which between 550 and 820 thousand pounds of various cuts of beef will be transported to the Taiwanese market during 2013. Latribuna.hn reports that "These exports have the support of the Animal Health Service (SENASA) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), which opened a new window of opportunity for exports, which will nvigorate the Honduran livestock sector . " Sugar Exports to Europe Will be 50% of PotentialTuesday, April 2, 2013 The Honduras sugar guild expects that the delay in the approval of the Association Agreement with the European Union will affect exports. Carlos Melara, president of the Association of Sugar Producers of Honduras said that sugar exports will only start in June. Mexican Investment Grows in HondurasTuesday, April 11, 2017 About $200 million is the estimated investment made by Mexican companies in the first three months of this year, and it is projected that at the end of the year this figure will reach $600 million. Estimates made by the Honduran-Mexican Chamber of Commerce place the investments primarily in "... technology, installation of wire harnesses and construction of 200 meters of quay which is being developed by Grupo Logra from Mexico in Puerto Cortes, among others." |
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