Round 1 key statistics

Read about Round 1 EMDG grant recipients, including applicant data and expected export markets.

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Round 1 of the Export Markets Development Grants (EMDG) program:

  • opened on 16 August 2021
  • closed on 30 November 2021.

There were 5,384 applications submitted.

Figures on this page reflect the breakdown of applications at the time Round 1 closed.

Applications by state and territory

  • 66 in the Australian Capital Territory (1.2%)
  • 2,154 in New South Wales (40%)
  • 8 in the Northern Territory (0.1%)
  • 875 in Queensland (16.3%)
  • 310 in South Australia (5.8%)
  • 41 in Tasmania (0.8%)
  • 1,505 in Victoria (28.0%)
  • 425 in Western Australia (7.8%).

Applications by product category

Product categoryApplicants (#)Applicants (%)
Events50.1%
Goods2,53647.1%
Intellectual property or knowhow5029.3%
Other services1,04119.3%
Software4808.9%
Tourism services1202.2%
More than one product category70013.0%
Total5,384100%

Applicants by type

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

Applications by tier breakdown

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 applicants 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

Agents' applications

247 agents submitted applications, 36 were agents new to EMDG. Of the 247 agents:

  • 50 submitted one 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%).

Top 10 markets

The figures for target markets indicated by EMDG Round 1 grantees are below. They include executed grant agreements only. 

The percentages don’t add to 100%. This is because a grantee can target multiple markets.

Market RankMarketApplicants planning to export to market% of applicants planning to export to market
1United States of America2,38148.3%
2United Kingdom1,63933.2%
3Canada96419.5%
4China69414.1%
5Singapore65613.3%
6Germany59312.0%
7World57511.7%
8France4779.7%
9Japan4509.1%
10Hong Kong (SAR of China)3617.3%

Grant agreements

Out of the 5,386 submitted applications, 5,032 grant agreements were executed. This represents a 93% success rate. Figures are as at 31 December 2023.

The breakdown of agreements by tier is shown below:

Tier category

Grant agreements

% of grant agreements

Tier 1

840

17%

Tier 2

1,929

38%

Tier 3

2,164

43%

Representative bodies

80

2%

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