EMDG Round 2 key statistics 

Round 2 of Export Markets Development Grants opened on 6 July 2022 and closed on 17 August 2022.

Round 2 application statistics:

• 2,758 applications  were submitted
• Applications by tier breakdown:
• 809 in Tier 1 (29.3%)
• 852 in Tier 2 (30.9%)
• 1,055 in Tier 3 (38.3%)
• 42 in Rep body (1.5%)
• Average planned expenditure  per year, by tier:
• $60,232 in Tier 1
• $99,567 in Tier 2
• $201,450 in Tier 3
• $155,744 in Rep body

Applicants by type:

• 1,728 (62.7%) of total applications were lodged by grant agents and 1,030 (37.3%) were self-lodged by applicants.
• 815 (41.0%) self-lodged applications were submitted by new applicants to EMDG. 
• 25 applications were submitted by businesses indicating they are Indigenous owned or controlled. 
• Agent or self-lodged applications by businesses indicating they are Indigenous owned or controlled:
  • 22 of these were new applicants to EMDG
  • 20 were self-lodged.

Applications by product category

Turnover and breakdown of applications:

• Average annual turnover of applicants is $1.9m
• Applications by state/territory are:
• 36 in the ACT (1.3%)
• 961 in NSW (34.8%)
• 8 in the NT (0.3%)
• 472 in Qld (17.1%)
• 196 in SA (7.1%)
• 31 in Tas (1.1%)
• 820 in Vic (29.7%)
• 234 in WA (8.5%).
• 191 agents submitted applications, 25 of which were agents new to EMDG:
• 51 agents submitted 1 application (26.7%)
• 92 agents submitted between 2 to 9 applications (48.2%)
• 26 agents submitted between 10 to 19 applications (13.6%)
• 16 agents submitted 20 to 49 applications (8.4%)
• 6 agents submitted 50 or more applications (3.1%).

The top 10 markets for EMDG Round 2 applicants