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The import regulations imposed by the countries time to time to ensure Food Safety and Quality assurance includes non Tariff barriers for the various food products.

S.No. Circulation Date Country Report Title Report Highlights View Regulations
1 29 OCT 2024 Honduras FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) is the regulatory agency in Honduras that is responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter the country. Click here
2 29 OCT 2024 Honduras FAIRS Country Report Annual SENASA and ARSA have made significant progress in expediting import procedures with the introduction of online options for requesting import permits and sanitary authorizations of imported raw materials that provide immediate electronic delivery to ports of entry Click here
3 09 AUG 2024 Honduras FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual Hong Kong does not have any certification changes for food imports since the last report submitted in July 2023. This report lists the certificates required by the Hong Kong Government (HKG) for U.S. agricultural and food exports to Hong Kong. Certificate samples are included in the appendix. Click here
4 24 OCT 2023 Honduras FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual SENASA and ARSA have made significant progress in expediting import procedures with the introduction of on-line options for requesting import permits, and sanitary authorizations of imported raw materials that provide immediate electronic delivery to ports of entry Click here
5 24 OCT 2023 Honduras FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual The National Plant, Animal Health and Food safety Service (SENASA) is the regulatory agency in Honduras who is responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras. Click here
6 24 JUL 2023 Honduras New Import Permit Requirements for Rice and Poultry in Honduras Poultry and Products, FAIRS Export Certificate Report, FAIRS Country Report, FAIRS Subject Report, Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification, Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative, Grain and Feed, Country/Regional FTAs, Trade Policy Incident Report, Trade Policy Monitoring, WTO Notifications, Detained Shipments Click here
7 24 OCT 2022 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report SENASA and ARSA have made significant progress in expediting import procedures with the introduction of on-line options for requesting import permits, sanitary authorizations of imported raw materials, etc. that provides immediate electronic delivery to ports of entry. They also authorized in 2021 a private logistics hub that includes SENASA and Customs Clearance. Click here
8 11 OCT 2022 Honduras FAIRS Export Certificate Report The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) is the regulatory agency in Honduras who is responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras Click here
9 27 SEP 2021 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report 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. Click here
10 27 SEP 2021 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report SENASA and ARSA have significantly expedited import processes with on-line import permit, sanitary authorizations of imported raw materials. Click here
11 27 JAN 2021 Honduras Honduras Sets Rough Rice Shortage Import Quota for 2021 Honduras Set a 118,800 MT Rough Rice Shortage Import Quota for 2021 after local production was severely hit by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Click here
12 21 SEP 2020 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards 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. Click here
13 21 DEC 2017 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative On July 20, 2017 the Honduran Government launched its new sanitary regulatory agency (Agencia de Regulacion Sanitaria – ARSA). The agency is responsible for sanitary registration, surveillance, and inspection of food products approved to be sold at the retail and wholesale level. ARSA has eliminated the requirement of a laboratory test prior to issuing the sanitary registration. Updated Sections: Section I. Food Laws and Section VII. Other Specific Standards. Click here
14 21 DEC 2017 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification 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. The new sanitary regulatory agency (Agencia de Regulacion Sanitaria – ARSA) is in charge of sanitary registration, surveillance, and inspection of food products approved for sale at the retail and wholesale level. The certificates requested by SENASA and ARSA are described in this report. Click here
15 27 JAN 2017 Honduras Honduras : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock has requested and seeks to enforce that the products display the production date, lot number and expiration date on the shipping carton(s) upon arrival at the port. Click here
16 29 DEC 2016 Honduras Honduras : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification The National Plant, Animal Health and Food Safety Service (SENASA) within the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), is the regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras. Click here
17 30 JAN 2016 Honduras Honduras : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification The Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG), National Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASA), is the regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras. The Secretariat of Health (MOH) has the General Directorate of Surveillance of the Health Normative Framework (DGVMN) as the responsible agency for the sanitary registration and inspection of processed food products at the retail and wholesale levels. Click here
18 05 FEB 2015 Honduras Honduras : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative The Honduran Government changed the name of the Sanitary Regulation Directorate (SRD) to the “General Directorate of Surveillance of the Health Normative Framework (DGVMN).” The National Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASA) modified its Quarantine Procedures Manual. The new Manual indicates that when a non-quarantine pest is found alive or dead, the quarantine treatment will not be applied. The modification saves importers time and money that would have been used on the treatment. Click here
19 04 FEB 2015 Honduras Honduras : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification The Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) has the National Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASA) as the main regulatory agency responsible for the inspection of all agricultural products that enter Honduras. The Secretariat of Health (MOH) has the General Directorate of Surveillance of the Health Normative Framework (DGVMN) as the responsible agency for the sanitary registration and inspection of processed food products at the retail and wholesale levels. The Certificates requested by SENASA and the DGVMN are described in the report. Click here
20 31 DEC 2013 Honduras Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative Sections I. Food Laws (Central America Technical Regulation chart); IX. Import Procedures (Certificate of Origin website); and Tariffs (CAFTA-DR Quotas for 2014 and Tariffs chart) of this report have been updated. Click here
21 31 DEC 2012 Honduras Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative This FAIRS report provides updates to sections: Food Laws, Labeling Requirements and Food Additives. Click here
22 14 DEC 2011 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification Sections Updated: There are no changes in the import requirements of the Government of Honduras Click here
23 28 DEC 2010 Honduras Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification Sections Updated: I. List of All Export Certificates Required by Government (Matrix). II. Purpose of Specific Export Certificate (s). IV. Government Certificates Legal Entry Requirements. Click here