Honduras

More than 77,000 Hondurans living and working in the US have signed up to the temporary protection status scheme, known as TPS, which was recently extended by the US government. This... 2006-07-14

Net foreign reserves reached US$2.66bn at the end of April, up from US$2.33bn at the end of last year. We are adjusting our year-end forecast for 2006-2007, as Honduras continues... 2006-07-14

Less than half the 81,000 Hondurans in the US deemed eligible for temporary protection status (TPS) have applied. TPS affords them semi-legal status for a limited period of time.... 2006-06-16

President Manuel Zelaya can be pleased by the assessments from a recent visit by a mission of the IMF, the first to the country during his brief period in office. In a statement issued... 2006-06-15

BMI View: Coffee exports were up 8.9% in May 2006, according to the growers' association, mainly due to improved fertilisation by the farmers, as well as to the cycle of the plantations.... 2006-06-14

The governing party has used its congressional majority to pass the 2006 budget, which totals US$2.275bn, a rise of 9% on the 2005 budget. The main budget allocations are for education... 2006-05-17

Coffee exports rose 21% y-o-y in March, mainly due to the cyclical swing in the harvest and a national fertilisation programme launched last year. However, the overall forecast for... 2006-04-20

Honduras has joined El Salvador and Nicaragua in DR-CAFTA, leaving behind Guatemala and Costa Rica, which are still to ratify the trade treaty. The entry of Honduras was heralded... 2006-04-11

The Honduran coffee institute has cut its forecast for the current harvest by 10% due to a labour shortages and to losses from cold weather. Output for the 2005-2006 harvest, which... 2006-03-20

Figures from the central bank of Honduras indicate a rapid rise in the amount of remittances sent home by Hondurans during the past year. During 2005 a total of US$1.765mn was sent... 2006-03-15