The Small and Medium Business Administration announced on the 17th that it is recruiting small business owners to participate in the '2025 second half small business capacity strengthening project.'
This project was established to proactively respond to changes in trade conditions, such as U.S. tariffs, and to support stable overseas expansion for small businesses. Participating small business owners can receive expert consulting and vouchers.
First, SEMAS will provide a maximum of 10 consultations for about 130 small business corporations with export records. Those with U.S. export records or whose export volume was below $100,000 (approximately 139.15 million won) in the previous year can be exempted from a 10% self-contribution. The consultation support areas include responding to U.S. tariffs, overseas market research and marketing, enhancing product competitiveness, and handling export procedure documents.
Among the corporations that received export consulting, about 30 will be selected separately to receive vouchers of up to 2 million won per corporation to implement export strategies. The vouchers can be used for overseas certification, logistics cost support, export marketing content development, entry into global platforms, and promotion.
The small business capacity strengthening project can be applied for on the Small Business 24 website from the 17th to August 6. Eligible candidates will be selected through a review process.