The economic and social benefits of exports – both for firms and countries – have been widely discussed in the literature. However, despite the reduction in export barriers and the consequent increase in the international trade flow, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) still do not sell their products abroad, oftentimes because of lack of resources or expertise to successfully carry out export activities. In this context, official export promotion programs seek to assist SMEs in their efforts to compete abroad. The objective of this study is to examine a specific export promotion program – the PEIEX Program of Apex-Brazil – and identify benefits achieved and deficiencies of the program that still need to be corrected, based on the views of the firms, the agency responsible for program and a relevant enterprise s representation entity. Semi-structured interviews conducted with different stakeholders (five firms enrolled in the program for approximately two years, one firm recently enrolled and another firm that chose to decline the invitation to join the program; two agency managers and two agency field workers responsible for firms training and support; and an enterprise representation entity) indicate convergent answers, between the various stakeholders and the literature, regarding the benefits (potential and real) of this type of program. Despite the satisfaction with the program – expressed both by the target companies as by the agency – some deficiencies were identified, which should be observed by the actors involved. The study indicates that results of the program seem to be impacted by the proper selection of the profile of participating firms, the alignment of firm s expectations with program scope and the sequential arrangement with other export promotion programs or competitiveness development programs. The study proposes future improvements in the design and implementation of the program as well as adherence to the needs of the companies. It also suggests some implications for conceptual modeling in future studies about the impacts of export promotion programs.