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  Honduras

 

Area:
112,492 sq. km
Population: 7,639,000
Time Differences: 14 hours later than Taiwan
Capital: Tegucigalpa
Language: Spanish
GDP   : US$4,300
Currency: Lempira

          
Honduras is located in the middle of Central America, contiguous to Nicaragua by southeast, adjacent to Guatemala by northwest, El Salvador by southwest and Pacific Ocean by south, Caribbean Sea by north.

Agriculture is the major industry of Honduras and produce banana, sugar, coffee, cotton, cocoa, rice, tobacco leaf, potato, orange, pineapple, muskmelon, watermelon, Hami melon, grapefruit, asparagus, coconut, sweet corn, kudzu powder, bean, tomato, etc. in which coffee, banana, Hami melon, grapefruit, pineapple and vegetable are very competitiveness.  Presently, Taiwan technique team helps Honduras people to develop fish farm and cultivate Oreochromis that result in 40 million export figures every year.  Ready-made clothes industry is the biggest industry which has 200 manufactories in Honduras.  In the pass 5 years, tourism industry had huge progress and become the third source of foreign exchange income.

Top 10 USA import from Central America (In thousands of dollars)

End-Use Code
Value 2008
(40000) Apparel and household goods-cotton 1,776,749
(40020) Apparel and household goods-other textiles 867,712
(30230) Other parts and accessories 340,597
(00120) Fruits and preparations, including frozen juices 197,226
(01000) Fish and shellfish 150,407
(00000) Green coffee 131,618
(50020) U.S. goods returned, and reimports 108,924
(14270) Nonmonetary gold 99,420
(40140) Other products (notions, writing and art supplies) 99,278
(00130) Vegetables and preparations 32,842

Data source:US Census Bureau


Related Information

Republic of China Government  
Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.mofa.gov.tw 
International Cooperation and Development Fund www.icdf.org.tw
Department of Investment, Ministry of Economic Affairs www.dois.moea.gov.tw
Bureau of Foreign Trade cweb.trade.gov.tw
Council of Economic Planning and Development www.cepd.gov.tw
Taiwan Customs Statistics 203.66.210.61/stap/main.asp
Taiwan External Trade Development Council www.taitra.com.tw
Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association www.eato.org.tw
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research www.cier.edu.tw
   
Honduras Government  
Secretary of Industry and Commerce in Honduras www.sic.gob.hn/portal
Foundation for Investment and Development of Exports www.hondurasinfo.hn/
Taiwan Trade www.taiwantrade.com.tw
   
Others  
Economist www.economist.com
American State's Foreign Trade Information System www.sice.oas.org
US Census Bureau-Foreign Trade Statistics www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/index.html
   
Honduras Media  
La Tribuna www.latribuna.hn
El Tiempo www.tiempo.hn
El Heraldo www.elheraldo.hn
La Prensa www.laprensahn.com
Hondu Diario www.seprocweb.com

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