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The head of Honduras's footwear industry association warns that cheap Chinese shoe imports are pushing most local workshops toward crisis, cutting production sharply.

Honduras has launched a centralized registry administered by the banking regulator to identify the true owners of companies, trusts, and investment funds operating in the country, aimed at eliminating corporate anonymity and meeting international transparency standards.

The Footwear Industry Association says more than 300 workshops have closed in three years and 2,000 workers lost jobs as cheap Chinese imports, rising production costs, and higher fuel and electricity prices undermine local manufacturers' competitiveness.

A labor confederation representative estimates that about 40% of Honduras's maquiladoras (assembly factories) have shut down, severely impacting employment and family incomes in the northern industrial zone.

Free-zones adviser Santos Roberto Peña reported that three new companies incorporated in Honduras during the first half of 2026 are expected to generate around 500 jobs.

Honduras's agriculture ministry and the national coffee institute signed a 100-million-lempira (about $4 million) cooperation agreement to boost coffee production through research, technical assistance, technology transfer, and improved quality standards.

Spain will resume exporting pork to Honduras under national health controls and monitoring protocols, as Honduran pork producers watch how the reopened market develops.

A relaunched national plan, backed by the government and tech firm KOLAU, will let more than 10,000 micro and small businesses create an AI-powered online store free in about one minute, officials say.

Honduras's state housing bank Banhprovi announced it has funds available for home loans of up to L1.2 million (about $48,000) at 4% annual interest over up to 30 years with no down payment, through branches in seven cities nationwide.

The US Embassy's charge d'affaires met with Honduran public and private leaders to support American firm SBA Communications' expansion of the country's telecommunications network, which officials say will create jobs and boost digital inclusion.

Mario Hung, representing Honduras's Chinese Descendants Association, defended Asian-owned businesses operating in Honduras as legal and tax-compliant, countering a recent Congressional motion to supervise and regulate them.

A study by the Honduran private-sector council found that blackouts and electrical interruptions cost businesses approximately L1.2 billion (about $48 million) a year, with small firms hit hardest, as the government pushes energy-sector reforms.

The president of Honduras's renewable energy association said Friday that private generators have no intention to seize state electricity company ENEE assets and are focused on their own projects within reformed power-sector regulations.

Honduras's private sector says chronic blackouts cause direct losses exceeding 1.2 billion lempiras (about $48 million) per year in lost production, calling for structural energy reforms rather than temporary fixes.

German business leaders met with President Nasry Asfura and Foreign Minister Mireya Agüero, announcing plans for an official visit to Honduras within 12 months to explore closer economic ties and potential investments.

Some Honduran businesses are being fined for playing music without copyright permits, prompting Congressman Rashid Mejía to question whether the enforcement unfairly burdens entrepreneurs while artists' royalty rights remain contested.

Honduras's state power utility is issuing bonds in the national financial system to raise liquidity and settle accumulated debts to electricity generators, officials say, aiming to ensure uninterrupted power supply.

Cardamom production in Honduras is projected to reach approximately 100,000 quintals this year for export, primarily to Saudi Arabia and other international markets.

Karim Qubain, president of the Honduran Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIC), warned that ongoing land invasions in rural and urban areas undermine legal security and discourage job-creating investment, calling on the government to expand social programs and job opportunities.

Honduras's apparel-manufacturing sector has created roughly 2,000 new jobs in recent months and reported fewer mass layoff announcements, though unions warn that thousands remain jobless and call for dialogue to accelerate rehiring.

Honduras's business council endorsed the government's proposed energy reforms but called for stronger legal protections, independent regulators, and a phased breakup of the state utility ENEE to reduce technical losses and attract investment.

Over 14,100 manzanas of land in coastal Cortés and Atlántida are disputed by invasions that advocacy groups say cost the economy roughly $15 million a month and deter foreign investment.

A delegation linked to Bahrain's royal family is evaluating investments in Honduras worth $1–2 billion, focusing on pharmaceutical manufacturing, hospital modernization, independent fuel production, and digital connectivity infrastructure.

Honduras's Supreme Court ruled 8–7 in favor of the state power utility ENEE, blocking a $11.9 million payment owed to private electricity company Hidrocel in a civil dispute that dates back to 2019.

Honduras's private-sector council COHEP met with the Environment Ministry (SERNA) secretary and agreed on concrete steps to streamline environmental licensing, which business leaders say is currently blocking investment in the country.

The Honduran private sector, through FEDECAMARA, has presented President Nasry Juan Asfura with a nine-point policy agenda covering administrative simplification and workforce development, aimed at improving the country's investment climate and decentralizing economic growth.

Honduras's business council submitted proposals to modernize electricity regulations under review by Congress, urging independent regulators and stable rules to strengthen the grid and attract investment.

Representatives of corporations linked to Bahrain's royal family visited Honduras to explore up to $2 billion in projects spanning a pharmaceutical plant, oil refinery, and e-visa system, potentially creating 1,000 jobs in the initial phase.