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Line graph showing the total U.S. agricultural exports to the northern triangle region of the Central America. Total exports in 2016 equaled $2.2 billion.

Central America’s Northern Triangle – which includes El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – offers significant market opportunities for exporters of U.S. farm and food products.

The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) is the regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras.

On July 20, 2017, the Honduran Government launched its new sanitary regulatory agency (Agencia de Regulacion Sanitaria – ARSA).

The growth of the food processing industry, the expansion of supermarkets in urban areas and the growing hotel, restaurant, and institutional sectors have led to increased exports....

U.S. consumer-oriented agricultural products exports to Honduras in 2016 were $234 million, a 5 percent increase from 2015.

In September 2017, the Honduras National Service of Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (SENASA) published a new decree to regulate the National Committee of Biotechnology and....

West Africa’s (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Senegal) Marketing Year (MY) 2017/18 cotton production is forecast down to 2.8 million 480 lb. bales primarily due to drought and high pest pressures....

For MY 2017/18, total area and production levels for West Africa are estimated to increase 2.75 percent to 2.95 million 480 lb. bales assuming good weather and strong farm gate prices.

For MY 2016/17 (August to July) total cotton production for Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal is estimated to rise 18 percent to 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) due to higher area....

For MY 2016/17 (August to July) total cotton production for Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal is estimated to rise 18 percent to 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) due to higher area....

Honduras is the largest coffee producer in Central America and the third largest in Latin America. Honduras ranks sixth globally in coffee exports by volume.