Honduras exports clothing to the United States,and the United States exports bulldozers to Honduras.Proponents of the Heckscher-Ohlin model would explain this pattern of trade by stating that:

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The Heckscher-Ohlin model suggests that countries will specialize in and export goods that utilize their abundant factors of production and import goods that require their scarce factors of production. Therefore, Honduras exports clothing because it has a relatively large endowment of factors of production for making clothing, while the United States exports bulldozers because it has a relatively large endowment of factors of production for making capital-intensive goods like bulldozers. Climate and technology are not significant factors in this model.

Honduras Exports Clothing to the United States,and the United States