The Central Bank of Honduras (BCH) reported that between the first four months of 2017 and the same period in 2018, sales in the mining sector abroad grew from $55 million to $88 million.

See "Metalliferous minerals market in Central America"

Shipments abroad of gold -particularly to the US- added up to a value of US $41.0 million, a behavior that is explained by an improvement of 7.7% in the price and higher volumes (4.5%), the BCH explains in a report.

"... Zinc exports were worth US $22.1 million, showing an increase of US $13.5 million over what was observed up to April 2017; originated from an increase in volume of 8.6 million pounds; a mineral that is sent to Belgium and Mexico."

See full report (In Spanish).

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