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July 7, 2018, 18:34 Tegucigalpa, July 7 (Prensa Latina) Family remittances sent to Honduras totaled two thousand, 349.1 million dollars in the first half, an increase of nine percent compared to the same period of the previous year, informed an official source today.
A study developed by the financial institution reveals that 80% of these shipments come from the United States, where about 1.2 million Hondurans live, half of whom are undocumented.
Currently, remittances are the main source of foreign exchange in Honduras, above exports. coffee, textile production and shrimp, to the point of representing 18% of its gross domestic product with four thousand 330 million dollars at the end of 2017, according to official figures.
According to the Central American Monetary Council, Honduras is the third largest recipient country in the region, behind Guatemala and El Salvador.
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