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A Central Bank survey of Hondurans abroad found that Cortés and Francisco Morazán departments receive the most remittances, with mothers as the primary recipients and household expenses accounting for half of all remittance use.

Vehicle registration fees in Cortés department, including San Pedro Sula, are the highest in northern Honduras, driven by municipal rates that vary significantly by engine size and municipality.

Small-business owners in the Sula Valley report daily losses of approximately L10 million (about $400,000) from six- to eight-hour power outages in September, with three blackouts so far accumulating roughly L30 million in damages.

An audit of the Agricultural Marketing Institute's grain reserves in La Lima found pest damage in corn and hardening in beans that render part of the stockpile unsafe for human consumption, though officials say they are replenishing strategic reserves with 60,000 additional quintals (about 2,700 metric tons) purchased from local producers.

The Cortés Chamber of Commerce president cited a sharp trade deficit with China—Honduras imports about $210 million monthly in Chinese goods while exporting far less—and called for equal competitive conditions and enforcement of tax and labor laws for all foreign investors.