With the reform proposal to the Law of Free Zones presented to Congress, it is intended to reduce from 20 to 10 the requirements that must be met to approve a new free zone.
After several months of working on the proposal to make changes to the law, the file was submitted to the legislative chamber and prepared by the Honduran Maquiladora Association (AHM), the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Honduras and the Ministry of Economic Development (SDE).
Because citrus cultivation has been declared a national emergency in the country, the government authorized the import of 1.860 solid tons of orange juice.
The Secretariat of Economic Development has authorized the entry of orange juice to the country without tariff. According to the authorities, this action is expected to ensure the supply of the product in the local market.
Opening up new markets and resuming exports to Mexico are two of the goals that entrepreneurs in the aquaculture sector have set for 2018.
Authorities at the Ministry of Economic Development indicated that the aquaculture and fishing sector will have closed 2017 with exports of more than $300 million, led by sales of tilapia and shrimp.
It has been reported that the government has reactivated licensing for the export of one million hundredweight of red beans to El Salvador.
The Ministry of Economic Development (SDE) has authorized the re-granting of licenses for export because a harvest of 3 million hundredweight of red beans has been forecast, two million of which will go to the domestic market and the rest can be sold.
Without the backing of producers, manufacturers are negotiating with the government permission to import 25,000 tonnes of duty free rice.
Although producers claim that local production is enough to meet domestic demand, the industry has asked the government to issue formal authorization before September in order to proceed with the purchase.
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