EMDG Round 1 key statistics 

Round 1 of Export Markets Development Grants opened on 16 August 2021 and closed on 30 November 2021.

Statistics for Round 1 are:

• 5,384 applications were submitted
• Applications by State/territory are:
  • 66 in the ACT (1.2%)
  • 2,154 in NSW (40%)
  • 8 in the NT (0.1%)
  • 875 in Qld (16.3%)
  • 310 in SA (5.8%)
  • 41 in Tas (0.8%)
  • 1,505 in Vic (28.0%)
  • 425 in WA (7.8%).

Applications by product category

• 4,020 applications were lodged by agents
• 1,364 were self-lodged by applicants
• 5,253 applications were approved as eligible for a grant agreement
  • 890 for Tier 1 (16%)
  • 2,040 for Tier 2 (39%)
  • 2,243 for Tier 3 (43%)
  • 80 for representative bodies (2%)
• 2,662 were new to EMDG at the time of applying in Round 1
• 2,722 were returning applicants who previously received a grant under the EMDG Reimbursement Scheme
• 247 agents submitted applications, 36 were agents new to EMDG
  For these agents:
  • 50 submitted 1 application (20%)
  • 103 submitted between 2 to 9 applications (42%)
  • 43 submitted between 10 to 19 applications (17%)
  • 29 submitted 20 to 49 applications (12%)
  • 15 submitted 50 to 99 applications (6%)
  • 7 submitted 100 or more applications (3%)

• 4,987 grant agreements have been executed as at 13 July 2022:
  • 861 Tier 1 (17%)
  • 1,913 Tier 2 (38%)
  • 2,135 Tier 3 (43%)
  • 78 representative body (2%).
    
    
• 912 payments were made to Tier 1 and representative bodies by 30 September 2022
  • 842 of 861^* Tier 1
  • 70 of 78^* Representative bodies 
    ^*The remaining 3% will be paid in early 2022-23, after they have submitted milestone reports.
• The average annual turnover of approved applicants was $1.96m
• Milestone reports are required to be submitted by 30 August 2022.
• As at 12 September 2022, 2,707 milestone reports have been lodged from Round 1 grantees for expenditure incurred in the 2021-22 financial year. These figures will be updated as we approach the deadline date for submission – 30 September 2022.
• We have received an average of 36.6 milestone reports daily since the EMDG portal opened on 1 July:
  • 346 Tier 1 (10%)
  • 1045 Tier 2 (42%)
  • 1285 Tier 3 (47%)
  • 31 representative bodies (1%).
• As at 12 September 2022 the State/Territory breakdown of the milestone reports received to date are:
  • 326 in ACT (1.2%)
  • 990 in NSW (36.6%)
  • 449 in Qld (16.6%)
  • 185 in SA (6.8%)
  • 818 in Vic (30.2%)
  • 212 in WA (7.8%)
  • 6 in NT (0.2%)
  • 15 in Tas (0.6%)

The top 10 markets for EMDG Round 1 applicants

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