California State Trade Expansion Program (STEP)

California STEP goals are simple:

If you are exporting, we’d like to help you export more.
If you are not exporting, we’d like to help you get started.

California STEP can provide information on:

Opportunities to connect with overseas buyers
How to maximize marketing efforts through overseas trade shows

STEP helps small businesses by:

Supporting participation in foreign trade missions
Facilitating foreign trade shows and other export promotion activities.

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Qualifications for STEP

Comply with SBA size standards found at 13 C.F.R. Part 121
Have been in business for at least a 1-year period by the date on which assistance is provided
Operating and incorporated in the United States
Demonstrated understanding of the costs associated with exporting and doing business with foreign purchasers, including the costs of freight forwarding, customs brokers, packing, and shipping
Exporting goods or services of U.S. origin or that have at least 51% or more U.S. content.

Contact Us

Diana Dominguez
Special Advisor for International Trade & GO-Biz STEP Manager
California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Phone: 1-916-322-0645

Jeffrey Williamson
California STEP Director
Riverside Community College District Center for International Trade Development
Phone: 1-714-951-5446