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

Breakdown by applicant type:

• 4,020 (74.7%) applications were lodged by agents
• 1,364 (25.3%) were self-lodged by applicants

Approved applications:

• 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%)

New and returning applicants:

• 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%).

Grant agreements and payments:

• 5,085 grant agreements have been executed as at 31 October 2022:
  • 862 Tier 1 (17%)
  • 1,958 Tier 2 (38%)
  • 2,185 Tier 3 (43%)
  • 80 representative body (2%).
    
    
• 912 payments were made to Tier 1 and representative bodies by 30 September 2022
  • 842 of 862^* Tier 1
  • 70 of 80^* 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:

• Milestone reports are required to be submitted by 30 August 2022.
• As at 31 October 2022, 4,939 milestone reports have been lodged from Round 1 grantees for expenditure incurred in the 2021-22 financial year.
• We have received an average of 40.5 milestone reports daily since the EMDG portal opened on 1 July. This included:
  • 810 Tier 1 (16.4%)
  • 1,904 Tier 2 (38.6%)
  • 2,148 Tier 3 (43.5%)
  • 77 representative bodies (1.6%).
• As at 31 October 2022 the state/territory breakdown of the milestone reports received to date are:
  • 64 in ACT (1.3%)
  • 1,980 in NSW (40.1%)
  • 7 in NT (0.1%)
  • 787 in Qld (15.9%)
  • 291 in SA (5.9%)
  • 1,382 in Vic (28.0%)
  • 394 in WA (8.0%).

The top 10 markets for EMDG Round 1 applicants

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