* Honduras’ central bank (BCH) has released new figures which show foreign direct investment (FDI) to Honduras was US$208.7m in Q1 2023, down from US$278.7m in the same quarter in 2022. Manufacturing accounted for 41.1% of the total in Q1 2023 followed by goods for processing (33.5%), and financial services & insurance (30.7%). Total FDI to Honduras in 2022 was US$822.6m, up from US$737.7m in 2021.