Enlace Empresarial and the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a collaboration agreement Monday to work together to raise awareness of existing export opportunities among members of the business community in the United States and Puerto Rico, especially among small and mid-sized operations.
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved nine International Trade Loans in favor of exporters in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in Fiscal 2012, totaling $880,000, the agency said Monday.
Forty-seven states, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia will receive $30 million total from the U.S. Small Business Administration in a second round of funding to support efforts to increase exporting by small businesses.