FDI Grows by 15% in Honduras

According to preliminary data from the Central Bank of Honduras the amount exceeds the $62.4 million received in the same period in 2010.

An article in La Tribuna quotes information from the Central Bank, "... the country's economic recovery has meant that companies dedicated to coffee production drove up manufacturing to $121.9 million, 40.1% more than that received in the same period a year earlier... telecommunications activities received funds for development projects for satellite television, broadband internet and telephony, being the bulk of FDI flows of $132.6 million, 27.3% of the total. "

Source: latribuna.hn

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