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HondurasUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

Fertilizers; mineral or chemical – Honduras

Official title

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers and raw materials (16 pages, in Spanish).

Honduras issued an addendum on 23 January 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/HND/53. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 21 December 2007. The comment period closed on 22 February 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Fertilizers and agricultural raw materials

HS codes
  • 31 · Fertilizers
    • 310520 Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (excl. those in tablets or similar forms, or in…
    • 310590 Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements nitrogen and potassium or one principal fertilising substance only, incl. mixtures of…
Notifying member
Honduras
Status
Updated: check whether it is now adopted or in force
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/HND/53Latest notice: G/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.2

Key dates

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Comment deadline
Closed on 22 February 2026
Proposed adoption
Not set in the notification
Proposed entry into force
Not set in the notification

How to comment

The comment period closed on 22 February 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.2; it can take them up with Honduras.

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What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.2⁩, 23 January 2026)

Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use

The Republic of Honduras hereby advises that the comment period for the Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use, notified in document G/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.1 on 24 November 2025, has been extended until 22 February 2026.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.

El presente reglamento tiene por objeto establecer las disposiciones técnicas, administrativas y legales enmarcadas en la Ley Fitozoosanitaria referente al registro, importación, fabricación, formulación, reempaque, reenvase, transporte, almacenaje, venta, uso, manejo y exportación de los fertilizantes y materias primas agrícolas. Este Reglamento no aplica para sustancias que se utilizan como materiales y reactivos de laboratorio.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.2

    Comment deadline: Closed on 22 February 2026

    Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use

    The Republic of Honduras hereby advises that the comment period for the Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use, notified in document G/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.1 on 24 November 2025, has been extended until 22 February 2026.__________1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/HND/53/Add.1

    Reglamento para el Registro, Uso y Control de Fertilizantes, Estimulantes, Enmiendas, Materias Primas y Sustancias Afines para uso Agrícola y Jardinería (Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use)

    The Republic of Honduras hereby advises that the 'Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers and raw materials', notified on 21 December 2007 in document G/TBT/N/HND/53, has been amended and updated, and is now entitled 'Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use'.The Regulation establishes and implements the technical, administrative and legal provisions under the Law on Plant and Animal Health and its amendments, concerning the registration, importation, manufacture, formulation, re-packaging, re-packing, transportation, storage, distribution, sale, use, application, handling, extraction, researching and exportation of fertilizers, stimulants, soil amendments, raw materials and related substances for agricultural and garden use.Please note, therefore, that the Regulation has been updated and that there will be a comment period of 60 days as from the date of this notification.__________

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/HND/53

    Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Regulation governing the registration, use and control of fertilizers and raw materials (16 pages, in Spanish).

    El presente reglamento tiene por objeto establecer las disposiciones técnicas, administrativas y legales enmarcadas en la Ley Fitozoosanitaria referente al registro, importación, fabricación, formulación, reempaque, reenvase, transporte, almacenaje, venta, uso, manejo y exportación de los fertilizantes y materias primas agrícolas. Este Reglamento no aplica para sustancias que se utilizan como materiales y reactivos de laboratorio.

Sources

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All updates from Honduras
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    Proposed measure from Honduras: goods in 3 HS chapters

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/HND/17/Add.2Comment period closed

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    Symbol: G/TBT/N/HND/52/Add.2Comment period closed

  4. WTO notificationSPSUpdated: check whether it is now adopted or in force

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/HND/16/Add.2Comment period closed

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