3. INVESTORS GUIDE HN - 2021 National Investment Council

3. NATIONAL INVESTMENT COUNCIL

INVESTOR'S GUIDE HONDURAS 2020 - 2021

3.4.4 PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON INVESTORS AND EXPORTERS It provides investors with information about the main exporters from different productive sectors. 3.4.5 INVESTMENT ATTRACTION SERVICES WITH A TERRITORIAL APPROACH To offer investors information on sectors prioritized by the territorial planning approach, to facilitate the knowledge of the potentialities of each region of Honduras from diverse perspectives: hydrologic, topographic, socio-demographic, logistic, economic, financial, and productive. a. Support and attention to current and potential investors, to facilitate the design and establishment of investment projects for financing request. b. Promote the investment through the preparation and provision of country economic information, country measurement indicators, investment statistics and information on ongoing investment projects with potential for key investment actors in the country. c. Identification of the economic, financial, and social potential to promote investment, following the parameters of the national planning and the state regional development strategy; as well as the management of information for the development of cross-cutting or regional strategic proposals that promote economic growth. d. To communicate with public and private institutions, and the international cooperation for the promotion of partnerships, projects, and activities for the improvement of the business climate, competitiveness of the country, technical support and market opening to productive sectors.

Pre-Investment: a. Guidance on the selection of potential regions for investment with a territorial approach. b. Guidance on the different sources of financing in the National Financial System (SFN, for its acronym in Spanish). c. Analysis of Financial Statements. d. Information on the structure of the National Financial System. e. Guidance in tax matters. During Investment: a. Assistance in tax matters. b. Procedures, regulations – financing. Post-Investment: a. Procedural guidance in investment processes. b. Facilitation of relationship between government entities and investors. c. Guidance on conflicts arising from changes in existing tax and other legislation. 3.4.3 ANALYSIS OF COUNTRY’S MACROECONOMIC AND TRADE CONDITIONS The investor is provided with information and analysis of the appropriate macroeconomic conditions for investment, to ensure successful business operations in a competitive, stable, and constantly growing environment: • Economic growth • Fiscal deficit • Trade deficit from the payments balance • Exchange rate • Interest rate • Trade agreements • Banking and financial regulations • Taxation (Tax System) • Monetary policy

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