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The Republic of Honduras shipped a total US$13.3 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That calculated dollar metric results from an 167.2% acceleration from $5 billion five years earlier during 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Honduran spiked via a 90.7% advance from $7 billion for 2024.

Previously called Spanish Honduras thus distinguishing the Central American republic from British Honduras (now Belize), Honduras shares its western border with Guatemala, southwest border with El Salvador and southeast border also with El Salvador. The republic’s south coastline is along the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca while the Honduran north coastline is surrounded by the Gulf of Honduras, a large Caribbean Sea inlet.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Honduras uses the Honduran Lempira as its legal currency which appreciated by 7.3% against the US dollar since 2021 and increased by 4.4% from 2024 to 2025. The stronger Honduran currency in 2025 made goods exported from Honduras paid for in weaker US dollars relatively more expensive for international buyers starting from American currency.

Domestically, the consumer inflation rate for the Honduras was 4.74% in 2025, up from 4.606% for 2024.

The latest available country-specific data shows that 86% of products exported from Honduras was bought by importers in: United States of America (45% of the Honduran total), El Salvador (6.5%), Nicaragua (5.9%), Guatemala (5.7%), Germany (4.8%), Mexico (4.1%), Netherlands (2.8%), Dominican Republic (2.6%), Belgium (2.5%), Italy (2.3%), Costa Rica (2.2%) and Spain (1.75%).

From a continental perspective, 50.7% of Honduras’ exports by value was delivered to North America countries while 25.6% was sold to importers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean. Honduras shipped another 18.8% worth of goods to Europe.

Smaller percentages went to customers located in Asia (4.2%), Oceania’s Australia and New Zealand (0.7%), then Africa (0.1%).

Given Honduras population of 10.8 million people, its total US$13.3 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $1,200 for every resident in the Central American country. That per-capita average lags the average $650 one year earlier in 2024.

Honduras’ top 10 export product categories generated just over three-quarters (75.7%) of the overall value of its global shipments.

Knit or crochet clothing and accessories represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 66,695% from 2021 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales was unknitted and non-crocheted clothing and accessories via a 8,525% upturn.

Honduras’ shipments of plastics, both as materials and items made from plastic, posted the third-fastest gain in value up by 305%.

The lone decliner among Honduras’ top 10 export categories was fish thanks to its -42.9% drop over the 5-year period.

The above listed product categories are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.

Drilling down to the more detailed 4-digit HTS codes, Honduras’ most valuable exported products were coffee (18.5% of the Honduran total), insulated wire or cable (12.2%), knitted or crocheted t-shirts or vests (10.5%), knitted or crocheted jerseys and pullovers (8.3%), palm oil (3%), crustaceans including lobsters (2.1%), bananas including plantains (also 2.1%), unwrought gold (1.9%), cigars and cigarettes (1.4%), then garments made from special unknitted and non-crocheted fabric (1.3%).

The following types of Honduran product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Honduras incurred a -US$4.5 billion trade deficit for 2025, slimming by -32.7% from -$7.54 billion in red ink five years earlier for 2021.

Below are exports from Honduras that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Honduras’ goods trail Honduran importer spending on foreign products.

Honduras has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits notably for refined petroleum oils under the mineral fuels-related product category.

These cashflow deficiencies also indicate Honduras’ competitive disadvantages in the processed fossil fuel market, but also represent key opportunities for Honduras to improve its position in the global economy through focused innovations especially for alternative energy.

Not one Honduran corporation ranks among the companies showcased by the Forbes Global 2000.

Wikipedia does list companies from Honduras that engage in international business pursuits. Selected examples are shown below.

 
In macroeconomic terms, Honduras’ total exported goods represent 15.5% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($86 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 15.5% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to an estimated 8.6% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively increasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Honduras’ total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe and estimated metrics.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Honduras’ unemployment rate averaged 8% in 2025, down from the average 8.005% jobless rate for 2024 according to International Monetary Fund statistics.

Tegucigalpa is the Honduran capital city.

See also Honduras Top 10 Imports, El Salvador’s Top 10 Exports, Coffee Exports by Country, Bananas Exports by Country and Palm Oil Exports by Country

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on July 3, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org Honduran Lempira (HNL) to US Dollar, Exchange Rate History. Accessed on July 3, 2026

Forbes, 2021 Global 2000 rankingsThe World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on July 3, 2026

International Monetary Fund, Exchange Rates selected indicators (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, period average). Accessed on July 3, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on July 3, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on July 3, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on July 3, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on July 3, 2026

Wikipedia, Honduras. Accessed on July 3, 2026

Wikipedia, List of Companies of Honduras. Accessed on July 3, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on July 3, 2026