On September 27, N.C. Governor Bev Perdue announced that the North Carolina Department of Commerce has received a $603,442 grant from the Small Business Administration that will help increase exporting by the state's small businesses over the next year.
The grants were authorized by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, under the State Trade and Export Promotion program.
A total of $30 million is being awarded across the country by the SBA.
For more information on this program, contact the North Carolina Department of Commerce's International Trade Division.
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