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Honduras's merchandise exports reached $3.8 billion in May 2026, up 12% year-over-year, driven by higher volumes of coffee, recycled products, and bananas.

The Inter-American Development Bank ranked Honduras among the region's fastest-growing exporters in early 2026, led by coffee, apparel manufacturing, bananas, and palm oil, though it warned of risks from market volatility and rising costs.

Honduras shipped $3.61 billion in goods in the first three months of 2026, an 11.5% year-over-year increase led by coffee, apparel manufacturing, bananas, and palm oil, according to the Inter-American Development Bank.

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.

Agricultural production in Honduras declined 3.6% in the first quarter of 2026, reversing 2025's gains, driven mainly by drops in grain and coffee crops.

Honduras recorded a current-account surplus of $763.7 million in the first quarter of 2026, driven by strong family remittances and rising exports, particularly coffee.

Honduras's merchandise exports reached $3.61 billion in the first three months of 2026, a 11.5% year-on-year increase driven by coffee, apparel manufacturing, bananas, and palm oil, according to an Inter-American Development Bank report.

Honduras's merchandise exports grew 7.3% in the first half of 2026 compared with a year earlier, driven by higher volumes of coffee and bananas and improved international prices for gold and recycled products.

Honduras's agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector expanded thanks to improved coffee yields from better farming practices and a rebound in banana, fruit, and African palm production.

Honduras and the World Bank will launch a program to provide technical training to roughly 200,000 small-scale coffee producers nationwide, aiming to boost productivity and competitiveness in a key sector of the economy.