EMDG Round 3 key statistics 

Round 3 of Export Market Development Grants opened on 15 March 2023 and closed on 14 April 2023.

Round 3 application statistics:

• 2,184 applications were submitted.
• Applications by tier breakdown:
• 666 in Tier 1 (30.5%)
• 641 in Tier 2 (29.3%)
• 847 in Tier 3 (38.8%)
• 30 in Rep body (1.4%)
• Average planned expenditure per year, by tier:
• $61,741 in Tier 1
• $93,095 in Tier 2
• $149,978 in Tier 3
• $117,763 in Rep body

Applicants by type:

• 1,372 (63%) of total applications were lodged by grant agents and 812 (37%) were self-lodged by applicants.
• 712 (33%) self-lodged applications were submitted by new applicants to EMDG.
• 19 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:
• 15 of these were new applicants to EMDG.
• 13 were self-lodged.

Applications by product category

Turnover and breakdown of applications:

• Average annual turnover of applicants is $1.4m
• Applications by state/territory are:
• 18 in the ACT (0.8%)
• 747 in NSW (34.2%)
• 7 in the NT (0.3%)
• 343 in Qld (15.7%)
• 143 in SA (6.6%)
• 15 in Tas (0.7%)
• 743 in Vic (34.0%)
• 168 in WA (7.7%).
• 147 agents submitted applications, 10 of which were agents new to EMDG:
• 38 agents submitted 1 application (25.9%)
• 67 agents submitted between 2 to 9 applications (45.6%)
• 17 agents submitted between 10 to 19 applications (11.6%)
• 10 agents submitted 20 to 49 applications (6.8%)
• 3 agents submitted 50 or more applications (2.0%)
• 2 agents submitted 100 or more applications (1.4%)

The top 10 markets for EMDG Round 3 applicants

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