Honduras is projected to extend espresso manufacturing and exports within the 2025/26 market yr, with whole output forecast on the equal of 5.8 million 60-kilogram luggage, up 5% from the 2024/25 yr, in keeping with the most recent USDA estimates.

This progress follows enhancements in espresso leaf rust administration, elevated labor availability and unfavorable climate situations amongst different key international coffee-producing nations, specifically Brazil.

Exports are anticipated to climb to 5.5 million luggage, supported by greater costs, elevated demand and Honduras’s sturdy place because the main espresso exporter in Central America. The nation has seen common export costs rise by 81% year-over-year, reaching $345.82 per 60-kilo bag, as of April 2025.

Regardless of the export good points, home consumption is forecast to stay regular at roughly 335,000 luggage, reflecting modest financial progress and chronic affordability challenges amongst customers.

[Note: This is part of a series of DCN stories that will explore USDA FAS annual coffee reports. The information agency typically delivers more than a dozen country-level reports on the coffee sector, each coming from different authors and field offices, with predictions for the upcoming market year.]

📉 Export Outlook

• Complete exports in 2025/26 are forecast at 5.5 million 60kg luggage, up from 5.36 million in 2024/25. Honduras continues to profit from international provide disruptions, particularly in Brazil.

• As of April 2025, 2.25 million luggage had been exported, up 11% in comparison with the identical interval the earlier yr.

• Common export worth rose to $345.82 per bag, an 81% enhance from $191.34 in 2023/24. Complete export worth doubled to $1.02 billion.

• High locations in 2024 included the USA (1.33 million luggage), Germany (911,000), Belgium (484,000), and Italy (261,000). As a result of latest commerce agreements, South Korea has change into one of many main export markets for Honduran espresso, inserting eleventh by way of quantity.

• Honduras ranks because the eighth-largest espresso exporter globally, and the largest in Central America.

🌱 Manufacturing and Rising Situations

• Complete manufacturing for 2025/26 is forecast at 5.8 million luggage, up from 5.52 million the earlier yr.

• The rise is attributed to decrease rust incidence, secure climate and wider adoption and maturity of rust-resistant Parainema cultivars.

• Arabica accounts for 100% of nationwide manufacturing, and it’s grown primarily in six highland areas between 1,000 and 1,600 meters above sea degree.

• 61% of espresso farms are situated between 3,900 and 5,200 toes in elevation, with cultivation unfold throughout 15 of the nation’s 18 departments.

• Espresso rust incidence is forecast to stay low, averaging 2.9% nationwide by way of August 2025. The rising areas of Intibucá, Santa Bárbara and Comayagua present barely greater localized ranges.

☕ Home Consumption

• Consumption for 2025/26 is forecast at 335,000 luggage, about the identical as 2024/25.

• This stability follows a 13% drop in 2024/25 from 385,000 luggage in 2023/24, attributable to inflation and a shift from roasted to soluble espresso.

• The rising presence of espresso retailers in malls, supermarkets and gasoline stations is boosting curiosity, particularly amongst younger customers.

• Keurig-style pods are gaining traction in Honduras, with rising availability in main grocery store chains.

🏷️ Costs, Imports and Shares

• Ending shares for 2025/26 are projected to get better barely to 11,000 luggage, after falling to simply 6,000 luggage in 2024/25, down from 143,000 in 2023/24.

• Honduras imported 43,000 luggage of espresso in 2025/26, principally soluble and inexperienced beans, up 4.9% year-over-year.

• High import sources for inexperienced beans included Nicaragua and Vietnam. Roasted espresso imports almost doubled, pushed by Canadian and U.S. provide.

• Soluble espresso imports reached 26,601 luggage, sourced from Mexico, the U.S., Colombia, India and others.

🏛️ Coverage and Sector Help

• The federal government has prolonged a 12% gross sales tax exemption on espresso, decreasing manufacturing prices and bettering competitiveness.

• Key institutional assist consists of IHCAFE’s “Renew with out stopping Manufacturing” program, designed to renovate growing old espresso farms. This system has reached some 33,000 producers.

• Local weather resilience insurance policies are being carried out by IHCAFE in six phases by way of 2050, alongside labor coaching and semi-mechanized harvesting initiatives.

• Worldwide efforts just like the USDA-backed MOCCA and MAS+ tasks have supported farmer incomes, espresso high quality and sectoral reforms. The report didn’t tackle the latest gutting of USAID and associated funding losses.

🛍️ Differentiated and Specialty Coffees

• In 2023/24, 52% of Honduras’s espresso exports have been licensed or specialty coffees, totaling 2.58 million luggage.

• Though this was a 16% decline from the prior yr, demand stays sturdy for labels akin to Rainforest Alliance, Natural and Truthful Commerce.

• Honduras exports espresso below 22 completely different certifications or third-party schemes, together with Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices and Cup of Excellence.

For full information tables and market developments, see the total USDA Espresso Annual Report for Honduras (Might 2025).

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