date:Jun 02, 2016
On Monday, government officials and diplomats from the Japanese Embassy in Honduras stated that there would be an increase in melon exports this year, because of exports to the Japanese market.
Projections are that this will generate 300 new jobs and about five million dollars in foreign exchange earnings, i.e. some 110 million lempiras at current exchange rates, said Arnaldo Castillo, head of the Ministry of Economic Development.
He said the melon sector had to be addressed because it created