This devastated the economy because the country's exports of crops were destroyed. Rehabilitation efforts still continue to this day to get Honduras back on track. The jobs that are listed above are very important, because without them, the country would have very little exports. Honduras is the 4th largest exporter of bananas in the world, which makes bananas the chief crop of this Central American country. Other major agricultural exports are coffee, beef, lumber, sugar cane, and tobacco.
Manufacturers also make clothing and textiles, cigarettes, processed foods, and beverages to export.
Miners contribute to the economy as well. They have discovered small deposits of silver, lead, zinc, gold, and low-grade iron to ship to other countries. The three major trading partners of Honduras are Europe, the United States, and Japan. The unit of money in Honduras is the lempira. One of these would equal 100 centavos.