Export Market Development Grants (EMDG)

What is EMDG?

The Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme is a key Australian Government financial assistance program for aspiring and current exporters. Administered by Austrade, the scheme supports a wide range of industry sectors and products, including inbound tourism and the export of intellectual property and know-how outside Australia.

The EMDG scheme:

• encourages small and medium sized Australian businesses to develop export markets
• reimburses up to 50 per cent of expenses incurred on eligible export promotion activities, above a $15,000 threshold
• provides up to seven grants to each eligible applicant.

To access the scheme for the first time, businesses need to have spent $15,000 over two years on eligible export marketing expenses. 

Applications for the 2007-08 grant year opened on 1 July 2008 and close on 1 December 2008.

Note: Changes to the scheme rules will apply for export promotion expenditure incurred from 1 July 2008 and applications lodged from 1 July 2009.