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How dependent is Honduras on the United States?

In 2024, the United States sold $5.9 billion to Honduras, 34.9% of its imports, ranking 1st among its suppliers. Its share was 38.8% in 2019 and 44.5% in 1995. In 56 products it sells more than 50% of what Honduras buys of them (in 30, more than 75%); what Honduras buys from the United States in those products (dominated value) adds up to $4.4 billion, 26.2% of its imports.

Summary

Share of its imports
34.9%
Value imported
$5.9billion
Rank among its suppliers
1st
Products where it sells over 50%
56
Products where it sells over 75%
30
Dominated value
$4.4billion
Share of total imports
26.2%

Trend

Trend in shares

The United States went from 44.5% to 34.9% of what Honduras buys

Share (%)

  • United States 34.9%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearValue (USD millions)ShareRank
199596644.5%1
19961,07947.4%1
19971,35249.3%1
19981,47746%1
19991,44043.5%1
20001,59544.1%1
20011,59843.7%1
20021,47439.5%1
20031,85342.1%1
20042,08139.8%1
20052,24038.6%1
20062,78544.4%1
20073,30941.5%1
20084,39548.3%1
20092,81640.1%1
20103,70343.1%1
20115,20348%1
20124,69744.1%1
20135,01947.3%1
20144,16541.9%1
20153,78437.1%1
20163,35035.5%1
20173,84536.7%1
20184,33037.6%1
20194,56838.8%1
20203,49035.8%1
20215,19836.2%1
20227,54247.1%1
20236,12936.3%1
20245,92634.9%1

Products where the United States sells more than half

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Refined petroleumUnited States91.1%over 75%Ecuador · 5.5%$2.3 billion
Cotton yarnUnited States79.5%over 75%Guatemala · 11.9%$458 million
Synthetic fiber yarnUnited States93.6%over 75%Guatemala · 4.5%$318 million
CornUnited States98.4%over 75%Brazil · 0.49%$233 million
Soybean meal and pelletsUnited States99.9%over 75%Brazil · 0.07%$150 million
PorkUnited States96%over 75%Canada · 4%$145 million
RiceUnited States97.5%over 75%Paraguay · 1.5%$111 million
Used clothingUnited States97.5%over 75%Spain · 0.67%$95 million
WheatUnited States100%over 75%—$81 million
Natural gas and LPGUnited States52.5%El Salvador · 23%$69 million
BeerUnited States57.2%Mexico · 19.4%$56 million
Kraft paper and paperboardUnited States72.9%Brazil · 10.2%$49 million
PolyethyleneUnited States71.3%Portugal · 8.4%$49 million
CheeseUnited States89.7%over 75%Costa Rica · 5.7%$41 million
Starch, sugar and brewing residuesUnited States99.4%over 75%Guatemala · 0.27%$31 million
Meat and fish mealUnited States74.9%Mexico · 7.4%$29 million
Uncoated paperUnited States65.4%Germany · 9.1%$25 million
Poultry meatUnited States100%over 75%—$22 million
Petroleum coke and bitumenUnited States97.5%over 75%Guatemala · 2.2%$21 million
Lightweight polyester-cotton fabricUnited States70.1%Malaysia · 10.8%$20 million
Powdered and condensed milkUnited States53.2%Costa Rica · 15.8%$20 million
PotatoesUnited States81.4%over 75%Netherlands · 18.3%$17 million
Apples and pearsUnited States59.6%Chile · 16.5%$14 million
Frozen beefUnited States91.2%over 75%Costa Rica · 7.2%$13 million
SausagesUnited States60.2%Guatemala · 20%$12 million
CoalUnited States76.4%over 75%Colombia · 23.4%$10 million
Live poultryUnited States76.6%over 75%El Salvador · 11.9%$9 million
Alloy steel ingots and semi-finished productsUnited States99.5%over 75%Guatemala · 0.51%$9 million
Other synthetic fiber fabricUnited States83.8%over 75%Dominican Republic · 4.1%$8 million
Caustic soda and potashUnited States84.2%over 75%Guatemala · 8.9%$8 million

and 26 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Are there other suppliers in the world?

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Seen from the United States

Honduras is the United States’ 46th-largest customer, with 0.32% of its exports.

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.