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

Product category

Applicants (#)

Applicants (%)

Events

5

0.1%

Goods

2,536

47.1%

Intellectual Property or knowhow

502

9.3%

Other services

1,041

19.3%

Software

480

8.9%

Tourism services

120

2.2%

More than one product category

700

13.0%

Total

5,384

100%

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

Market Rank

Market

Applicants planning to export to market

% of applicants planning to export to market

1

United States of America

2,510

17.4%

2

Canada

1,019

7.1%

3

China

765

5.3%

4

Singapore

706

4.9%

5

Germany

634

4.4%

6

World

607

4.2%

7

Japan

479

3.3%

8

Hong Kong (SAR of China)

393

2.7%

9

India

371

2.6%

10

United Arab Emirates

330

2.3%

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