Economy & Business - July 2022

HONDURAS | FDI up. On 1 July Honduras’s central bank (BCH) published a report which showed that foreign direct investment (FDI) to Honduras registered a net positive flow of US$330.5m in the first quarter of 2022, up 15% on the same period in 2021. According to the BCH, reinvestment of earnings accounted for the main source of FDI (US$291.6m), up US$8.2m on the same period in 2021). The BCH said that the sector which captured the most was manufacturing (US$142.9m), followed by financial activities and insurance (US$92.3m). As regards sources of FDI, Europe accounted for the most (US$92.6m) while FDI from North America (US, Canada, and Mexico) totalled US$87.3m.