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Export Market Development Grants(EMDG)

What you need to know About EMDG

EMDG from 1 July 2021

The EMDG program now provides upfront funding certainty so you know how much you will receive during your grant agreement (2 or 3 years) so you can plan your promotional activities with confidence.

Types of grants for exporters

Small to medium enterprise (SME) exporters can apply for 3 different grants over 8 years (not necessarily consecutively) for eligible promotional activities.

Grants are available in 3 stages, called tiers. Each tier provides a different level of support for SMEs as they grow their export markets. The lengths of these grants reflect the different stages of an exporter’s journey.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible,
   · you need to have a turnover of less than $20 million for financial year 2020–21
   ·you must be an Australian person within the meaning of the EMDG Rules,
   ·you must have an Australian Business Number.

Eligible products

EMDG grant funds must be used for promotional activities to market eligible products in foreign countries, or for training activities to develop skills in marketing for this purpose.To be an eligible product, your product(s) must be of substantially Australian origin and be:
   · goods
   ·services
   ·events
   ·intellectual property or know-how
   ·software.

Eligible expenses

The EMDG grant is provided for expenses in one or more of the following categories, as detailed in the EMDG Guidelines:
   · maintaining a representative in a foreign country
   ·short trips to a foreign country
   ·engaging a consultant to undertake research or promotional activities
   ·short trips within Australia
   ·foreign buyer visits
   ·soliciting for business in a foreign country
   ·providing free samples
   ·producing and providing promotional and advertising material
   ·intellectual property rights
   ·if you are a Tier 1 applicant, obtaining export readiness training.