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STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM (STEP)

Federal funding opportunity SB-OITST-25-001 from Small Business Administration.

Posted
June 16, 2025
Closed
July 31, 2025
Award ceiling
$900,000
Award floor
$100,000
Expected awards
55
Cost sharing
Yes
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
59.061
Category
Business and Commerce, Community Development
Archives
August 30, 2025

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 59.061 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$17.8M
FY2025 obligated
−$177,064
FY2026 (to date) obligated
−$15,756
Awards in window
69

A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.

Top recipients: Commerce, Washington State Department of, Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Inc., Executive Office of the State of California

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (HR 644), signed into law on February 24, 2016, made the State Trade Expansion Program a permanent provision of the Small Business Act to make grants to States, and the equivalent thereof, to carry out projects that support developing exports by eligible small business concerns (ESBCs) (as defined in Section 8.1.5). The objective of STEP is to increase (1) the number of U.S. small businesses that export, (2) the dollar value of exports, and (3) the number of U.S. small businesses exploring significant new trade opportunities (as defined in 8.1.15).

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