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Trade between Honduras and the United States

In 2024, Honduras exported $5.7 billion to the United States and imported $5.9 billion. Honduras ran a deficit of $220 million with the United States, compared with a surplus of $324 million in 2019. The United States was Honduras’ largest trading partner (41% of its trade), and Honduras was the United States’ 47th (0.2%).

Summary

Honduras → United States
$5.7billion
United States → Honduras
$5.9billion
Honduras’ balance
-$220million

Balance

Honduras’ trade balance with the United States

Trade between Honduras and the United States grew 4.7-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Honduras’ exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 5.7
  • Imports 5.9
  • Balance -0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.5 billion$966 million$529 million
1996$2 billion$1.1 billion$872 million
1997$2.7 billion$1.4 billion$1.3 billion
1998$2.8 billion$1.5 billion$1.4 billion
1999$2.8 billion$1.4 billion$1.4 billion
2000$3 billion$1.6 billion$1.4 billion
2001$2.9 billion$1.6 billion$1.3 billion
2002$3.2 billion$1.5 billion$1.7 billion
2003$3.2 billion$1.9 billion$1.4 billion
2004$3.6 billion$2.1 billion$1.5 billion
2005$3.6 billion$2.2 billion$1.4 billion
2006$3.7 billion$2.8 billion$964 million
2007$3.9 billion$3.3 billion$591 million
2008$4.1 billion$4.4 billion-$290 million
2009$3.4 billion$2.8 billion$621 million
2010$4 billion$3.7 billion$254 million
2011$4.6 billion$5.2 billion-$572 million
2012$5.1 billion$4.7 billion$421 million
2013$4.7 billion$5 billion-$364 million
2014$5.1 billion$4.2 billion$885 million
2015$5 billion$3.8 billion$1.2 billion
2016$5 billion$3.4 billion$1.7 billion
2017$5 billion$3.8 billion$1.1 billion
2018$4.7 billion$4.3 billion$366 million
2019$4.9 billion$4.6 billion$324 million
2020$4.1 billion$3.5 billion$641 million
2021$5.4 billion$5.2 billion$225 million
2022$6.3 billion$7.5 billion-$1.2 billion
2023$5.9 billion$6.1 billion-$195 million
2024$5.7 billion$5.9 billion-$220 million

What they sell each other

What Honduras sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cables and wire$1.1 billion · 18.4%
    38 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$795 million · 13.9%
    21 thousand tonnes
  3. T-shirts$601 million · 10.5%
    11 thousand tonnes
  4. Coffee$430 million · 7.5%
    92 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  5. Bananas$253 million · 4.4%
    453 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources
  6. Gold$189 million · 3.3%
    3 tonnes · the United States’ sources
  7. Socks and tights$143 million · 2.5%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Melons, watermelons and papayas$119 million · 2.1%
    129 thousand tonnes
  9. Garments of coated or nonwoven fabric$112 million · 2%
    14 thousand tonnes
  10. Cigarettes and cigars$111 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources

What the United States sells to Honduras

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$2.3 billion · 38%
    2.9 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Cotton yarn$458 million · 7.7%
    136 thousand tonnes
  3. Synthetic fiber yarn$318 million · 5.4%
    115 thousand tonnes
  4. Corn$233 million · 3.9%
    987 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Cars$225 million · 3.8%
    67 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Soybean meal and pellets$150 million · 2.5%
    335 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Pork$145 million · 2.5%
    50 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Rice$111 million · 1.9%
    241 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Used clothing$95 million · 1.6%
    55 thousand tonnes
  10. Trucks$92 million · 1.6%
    36 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Puerto Cortés to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Puerto Cortés and Los Angeles is 3,795 nautical miles (7,029 km) long: ≈ 9–11.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$9.7 billion · 83.6%
  2. Air$1.9 billion · 16.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Honduras’ largest trading partner (41% of its trade), and Honduras was the United States’ 47th (0.2%).

The United States in Honduras’ trade
40.7%
The United States’ rank among Honduras’ partners
1st
Honduras in the United States’ trade
0.2%
Honduras’ rank among the United States’ partners
47th

Compare with

Other partners of Honduras

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.