Trading Partner Portal: Honduras
Overview
Trade Overview
The World Bank classifies Honduras as a lower middle-income country in Central America and geographically, Honduras is slightly larger than Tennessee. Honduras has a population of 10.7 million people, a nominal GDP of $37 billion, and nominal GDP per capita of $3,446.
Honduras’ economy relies heavily on the trade relationship it retains with the United States. Historically, Honduras’ economy has been dependent on the export markets of agricultural goods, such as bananas and coffee. However, as development furthers, the economy has expanded to an export market based on a majority of apparel and automotive products. World Bank, CIA
U.S. – Honduras Trade
The United States is not only one of the top export destinations for Honduran goods, but it is also one of the top sources of products for goods imported from Honduras. Two-way trade between both countries was $12.48 billion in 2025. The United States exported over $6.98 billion of goods into Honduras with roughly $2.02 billion was petroleum and coal products. Other exports into Honduras included textiles and fabrics ($897 million), processed food ($726 million), agricultural products ($575 million), and other special classification provisions ($389 million).
In the same year, the U.S. imported $5.50 billion worth of goods from Honduras. A majority of those goods were apparel & accessories ($2.02 billion), agricultural products ($1.10 million), transportation equipment ($1.07 billion), primary metal manufactures ($223 million), and processed foods ($219 million). U.S. Department of Commerce
Total services trade between the U.S. and Honduras was roughly $3.08 billion, with exports totaling $2.01 billion. Top services exports were travel, transportation services, financial services, other business services, and insurance services.
Imports in services totaled $1.07 billion, with top services from honduras to the U.S. being travel, transportation services, other business services, government goods and services, and financial services.
Honduras – California Trade
In 2025, California exported approximately $173 million worth of goods to Honduras. The main exports were products in processed foods ($43 million), agricultural products ($30 million), apparel & accessories ($22 million), used or secondhand merchandise ($16 million), and computer and electronic products ($13 million).
California imported $167 million worth of goods from Honduras in 2025, with $71 million in apparel & accessories being the top import. Other key imports were agricultural products ($71 million), processed foods ($19 million), reimports ($1 million), and wood products ($832 thousand). U.S. Department of Commerce
FDI- Honduras
In 2024, U.S. FDI into Honduras totaled $1.4 billion, while Honduran FDI into the U.S. totaled $-67 million, a decrease of over 86.1% percent from 2023. (Bureau of Economic Analysis).
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Trade Agreements
Trade Agreements
CAFTA-DR (Dominican Republic- Central America Free Trade Agreement)
The United States trade deal with some of the small developing countries in Central America was signed by President George W. Bush in 2005 as an expansion of North American Free Trade Agreement for the US. Members of this free trade agreement include the United States, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. This trade agreement has led for this group to become the US’s 16th largest trading partner in commodities. Exports from the United States to this group of countries totaled $29 billion in 2015, while imports totaled approximately $24 billion. This trade agreement ensures that 100% of goods from the United States are not subject to tariffs in these countries, it also has a goal of phasing out all tariffs on agricultural products by 2020.
Events
Events
Central American Ambassadors Promote Benefits of Trade Agreement with U.S. (03/08/2005)
The California Chamber of Commerce hosted five ambassadors representing the nations included in the proposed U.S.- Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) at an International Luncheon Forum on March 8, 2005.