Honduras Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $3 2 billion (1984), $750 per capita; real growth rate average —3.1% (1980-83); real growth rate 2 8% (1984)

Natural resources, forests, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron, antimony, coal, fish

Agriculture: main crops—bananas, coffee, corn, beans, sugarcane, rice, tobacco

Fishing: catch 8,400 metric tons (1983)

Major industries, agricultural processing, textiles, clothing, wood products

Electric power: 580,000 kW capacity (1985); 1.4 billion kWh produced (1985), 320 kWh per capita

Exports: $675 million (f.o.b., 1983); bananas, coffee, lumber, meat petroleum products

Imports: $705 million (f.o.b., 1983); manufactured products, machinery, transportation equipment, chemicals, petroleum

Major trade partners: exports—54% US, 8% CAGM, 6% Japan, 5% FRG (1983);

imports—47% US, 11 % CACM, 6% Japan, 5% Trinidad and Tobago (1983)

Aid: economic commitments—US, including Ex-Im (FY70-84), $980 million loans; other Western (non-US) countries, ODA and ODF (1970-83), $333 million; OPEC ODA commitments (1974-83), $15 million; military—assistance from US (FY79-84), $190 million

Budget: (1983) revenues, $389 million; expenditures, $605 million

Monetary conversion rate: 2 lempiras=US$l (1 January 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Honduras on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Honduras 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Honduras 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.