Shipping from Honduras to the USA

U.S. imports for consumption from Honduras came to $2.49 billion in March–July 2026 (U.S. Census Bureau), 19.2% of it dutiable. Airlift USA moves ocean and air freight from Honduras to the United States through our partner network at origin, with the U.S. side handled from our own offices. Below: what Honduras ships, its container ports, the U.S. duty treatment, the documents, and how to get a quote.

U.S. imports from Honduras$2.49 billion Imports for consumption, March–July 2026; Census extract of 2026-09-03.
Dutiable share19.2% Calculated duty was 14.71% of dutiable value, 2.82% of all value.
Airlift at originPartner network Airlift USA is the NVOCC on the bill of lading (FMC OTI licence 016162); U.S. customs is coordinated through our licensed broker network.
Free trade agreementCAFTA-DR USTR — Free Trade Agreements
Section 301 forced-labour tierNot listed in our source Action of 2026-07-24; see tariff updates.
Container ports1 with a port pageUN/LOCODE 2024-2; each port page carries the code, the classifiers and the lanes that serve it.

What Honduras ships to the United States

Among the 300 largest U.S. import headings, Honduras is a listed supplier on 33 of them, worth $2.18 billion in March–July 2026 (87.5% of all imports from Honduras in the period). The chapters below rank those headings; goods outside the 300 largest headings, and headings where Honduras is not among the top 15 origins, are in the total but not in the table.

HS chapterValue (March–July 2026)Share of coveredLargest headings
61 Apparel, knitted or crocheted · guide$666 million30.6%6110 Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts ($328 million); 6109 T-shirts, singlets, tank tops and similar garments ($276 million); 6103 Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers ($24.2 million); 6115 Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery ($18.4 million)
09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices · guide$569 million26.2%0901 Coffee ($569 million)
85 Electrical machinery, electronics and parts · guide$374 million17.2%8544 Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electric conductors ($356 million); 8539 Electrical filament or discharge lamps ($18.1 million)
62 Apparel, not knitted or crocheted · guide$156 million7.2%6205 Men's or boys' shirts ($47.2 million); 6210 Garments, made up of fabrics of heading 5602, 5603, 5903 ($46.0 million); 6203 Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, suit-type jackets, blazers ($31.4 million); 6211 Track suits, ski-suits and swimwear ($31.1 million)
08 Edible fruit and nuts · guide$138 million6.3%0803 Bananas and plantains, fresh or dried ($112 million); 0804 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas ($22.7 million); 0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried ($3.1 million)
71 Pearls, precious stones, precious metals and jewellery · guide$88.9 million4.1%7112 Waste and scrap of precious metal ($88.9 million)
24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes$61.5 million2.8%2402 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes ($61.5 million)
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit and nuts · guide$32.6 million1.5%2008 Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants ($26.9 million); 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than ($5.7 million)

Each heading links to its U.S. import market page, with every origin's share and effective duty. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade API, U.S. imports for consumption by HS10 and country of origin, public domain (work of the u.s. federal government); method as in our tariff-rates research.

Container ports in Honduras

The seaports below have a port page on this site with the UN/LOCODE, the classifiers and the lanes serving them. Which one your cargo uses depends on the factory's region and the carrier's service string; tell us the pickup address and we route it.

Any seaport's UN/LOCODE: port code finder; airports: airport code finder (IATA/ICAO).

U.S. duty treatment for goods from Honduras

  • Column 1 general rate. Set by the HTS classification of the goods, not by the freight. Honduras is a U.S. free-trade-agreement partner (CAFTA-DR): goods that meet the agreement's rules of origin, with a valid certification of origin, claim the preferential rate in its place. The preference does not remove Chapter 99 trade-remedy duties. How FTA claims work.
  • Section 301, forced labour. Our tariff-updates source does not list Honduras's tier under the Section 301 forced-labour action of 2026-07-24, so this page does not state one. Confirm the tier and the exemption lines with your broker before pricing.
  • Section 232. Applies regardless of origin: steel, aluminium and copper on full customs value in 50%, 25% and 15% annex tiers since 2026-04-06, plus vehicles and parts, lumber and furniture, trucks, semiconductors and drones under their own proclamations. Dated entries on the tariff updates tracker.
  • IEEPA and Section 122. The IEEPA tariffs ended on 2026-02-24 after the Supreme Court decision of 2026-02-20, with refunds ordered; the Section 122 surcharge that replaced them expired on 2026-07-24. Neither applies to entries filed now.
  • MPF and HMF. The merchandise processing fee and, for ocean cargo, the harbor maintenance fee apply on top of duty.

Estimate the total for an HTS code with Honduras as origin in the tariff simulator, or find the code first in the HTS code finder. Tariff facts above are dated as on the tracker; confirm with your broker before pricing.

U.S. import duty pages for goods from Honduras

Worked duty pages for the highest-value tariff lines imported from Honduras, with the Column 1 rate, every Chapter 99 line and a $10,000 example.

Rates are the engine's calculated total for a commercial entry today; see each page for the components and entry-date history. Browse all import duty pages or price your own shipment.

Transit from Honduras to the USA

Airlift has not published a planning range from Honduras to the USA, so this page does not quote one. Ask for the current sailing when you request a quote, or search live sailings for any port pair.

Documents for a shipment from Honduras to the USA

On the U.S. side every ocean import needs the same set, whatever the origin. On the Honduras side an export declaration is filed with the national customs authority by your forwarder or customs agent; we have not published the form's name for Honduras on this page, so ask us which one applies to your shipment.

  • Importer Security Filing (ISF, "10+2"). Required by CBP for cargo arriving by vessel, filed before the container is laden; Airlift files it in-house. Details · glossary · CBP — Importer Security Filing (10+2)
  • Customs bond. A continuous or single-entry bond in the importer's name, arranged through the customs broker before the entry is filed. Details
  • Commercial invoice. Seller, buyer, terms of sale, a full description and value per line, and the country of origin; the entry is built on it. Details
  • Packing list. Marks, package count, weights and dimensions per package, matching the invoice and the bill of lading. · glossary

Airlift's customs clearance service covers document review, HTS classification support, ISF and entry coordination through our licensed broker network at the port of entry. Less-than-container loads: LCL ocean freight.

Shipping from Honduras to the USA: questions

In the Census sample for March–July 2026, U.S. imports for consumption from Honduras totalled $2.49 billion. Among the 300 largest U.S. import headings, the biggest from Honduras were apparel, knitted or crocheted; coffee, tea, maté and spices; electrical machinery, electronics and parts. The table on this page lists the headings with their values.

Every origin by region: shipping to the USA by country of origin. Airlift's lane guides: shipping route guides.

Trade figures: U.S. Census Bureau, International Trade API, U.S. imports for consumption by HS10 and country of origin (March–July 2026, extract of 2026-09-03), public domain (work of the u.s. federal government). Port codes: UNECE UN/LOCODE 2024-2. Tariff facts: the dated entries on the tariff updates tracker and the sources linked above. Reviewed September 2026.

Request a quote: shipping from Honduras to the USA

Give us the pickup city or load port in Honduras, the U.S. destination, the commodity, the package count with weights and dimensions or the container size and count, the cargo-ready date, and whether you need pickup at origin, U.S. delivery or customs clearance. We reply with the freight rate, destination charges and the services included.

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