EMDG Round 1 key statistics
Round 1 of the Export Markets Development Grant program opened on 16 August 2021 and closed on 30 November 2021.
In EMDG Program Round 1:
- 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
Product category
|
Applicants (#)
|
Applicants (%)
|
Events
|
5
|
0.1%
|
Goods
|
2,536
|
47.1%
|
Intellectual Property or knowhow
|
502
|
9.3%
|
More than one product category
|
700
|
13.0%
|
Other services
|
1,041
|
19.3%
|
Software
|
480
|
8.9%
|
Tourism services
|
120
|
2.2%
|
Total
|
5,384
|
100%
|
- 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 June 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 19 July 2022, 478 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 August 2022.
- We have received an average of 37 milestone reports daily since the EMDG portal opened on 1 July:
- 49 Tier 1 (10%)
- 199 Tier 2 (42%)
- 225 Tier 3 (47%)
- 5 representative bodies (1%).
- As at 19 July 2022 the State breakdown of the milestone reports received to date are:
- 6 in ACT (1.3%)
- 159 in NSW (33.3%)
- 87 in Qld (18.2%)
- 31 in SA (6.5%)
- 151 in Vic (31.5%)
- 40 in WA (8.4%)
- 2 in NT (0.4%)
- 2 in Tas (0.4%)
The top 10 markets for EMDG Round 1 applicants
Market Rank
|
Market
|
Applicants planning to export to market
|
% of applicants planning to export to market
|
1
|
United States of America
|
2,370
|
46.7%
|
2
|
United Kingdom
|
1,637
|
32.3%
|
3
|
Canada
|
971
|
19.1%
|
4
|
China
|
698
|
13.8%
|
5
|
Singapore
|
656
|
12.9%
|
6
|
Germany
|
593
|
11.7%
|
7
|
World
|
575
|
11.3%
|
8
|
France
|
483
|
9.5%
|
9
|
Hong Kong (SAR of China)
|
364
|
7.2%
|
10
|
India
|
352
|
6.9%
|
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