Eligibility
Export Markets Development Grants is an eligibility based grant program. You must meet all eligibility criteria to be offered a grant. EMDG Rules 2021 on legislation.gov.au set the rules for the program
You must read the EMDG Grant Guidelines. The guidelines are a plain English description of eligibility requirements.
Who is eligible
To be eligible you must:
- have a turnover of less than $20 million for financial year 2020–21
- be an Australian person as per the EMDG Rules 2021
- have an Australian Business Number.
Read Section 4.1 of the guidelines for more information.
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.
More information about eligible products
For more information, read:
Eligible expenses
We provide the EMDG grant for expenses in one or more of the following categories:
- maintaining a representative in a foreign country
- short trips to a foreign country
- engaging a consultant to do 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.
The EMDG Guidelines have more information, including about ineligible expenses and designated connections.
How we measure turnover of less than $20 million
If you are an SME exporter at the time you apply for a grant, you must also have a turnover for the last financial year (2020–21) of less than $20 million. Annual turnover is the total ordinary income that you derive in the income year while running your business.
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