The country is the third largest producer and exporter of palm oil in Latin America, after Ecuador and Colombia, with projected sales for 2013 of $400 million.
According to Victor Iscoa, technical secretary of the palm chain at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), this year exports of the product have grown by 30%, going from $304.4 million to more than $400 million.
Honduran producers and manufacturers in the palm oil chain are seeking certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
According to an aricle in Laprensa.hn Victor Iscoa, technical secretary of the African Palm Oil Chain at the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG in Spanish), said: "From 2015 we are not going to be able to export oil anywhere unless it meets the parameters.