U.S. Virgin Islands State Trade Expansion Program

To assist small businesses in the U.S. Virgin Islands with increasing their revenues and the sales of their products by expanding their export-related activities into foreign markets, Wayne L. Biggs, Jr., chief executive officer of the U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (USVIEDA), announces that the U.S. Small Business Administration (U.S. SBA) has approved the U.S. Virgin Islands’ application for a $168,000 grant that allows the Territory to participate in the State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) to support export growth among small businesses in the USVI.