US Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaiʻi today announced more than $500,000 in federal grant funding from the US Small Business Administration to support the Hawaiʻi State Trade Expansion Program (HiSTEP).

The Hawai‘i State Trade Export Program (HiSTEP) will receive $450,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

HPEC and DBEDT will educate Hawaiʻi's small businesses on how to grow and succeed globally.