Round 3 key statistics

Read about Round 3 EMDG grant recipients, including applicant data and expected export markets.

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Round 3 of Export Market Development Grants:

  • opened on 15 March 2023
  • closed on 14 April 2023.

There were 2,184 applications submitted.

Figures on this page reflect the breakdown of applications at the time Round 3 closed.

Round 3 application statistics

  • Applications by tier breakdown:
    • 666 in Tier 1 (30.5%)
    • 641 in Tier 2 (29.3%)
    • 847 in Tier 3 (38.8%)
    • 30 in Representative 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 Representative 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

Product category

Applicants (#)

Applicants (%)

Events

8

0.37%

Goods

906

41.48%

Intellectual property or knowhow

172

7.88%

More than one product category

293

13.42%

Other services

497

22.76%

Software

235

10.76%

Tourism services

73

3.34%

Total

2,184

100%

Turnover and breakdown of applications

  • Average annual turnover of applicants is $1.4m.
  • Applications by state and territory are:
    • 18 in the Australian Capital Territory (0.8%)
    • 747 in New South Wales (34.2%)
    • 7 in the Northern Territory (0.3%)
    • 343 in Queensland (15.7%)
    • 143 in South Australia (6.6%)
    • 15 in Tasmania (0.7%)
    • 743 in Victoria (34.0%)
    • 168 in Western Australia (7.7%).
  • 147 agents submitted applications, 10 of which were agents new to EMDG:
    • 38 agents submitted one 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%).

Top 10 markets

The figures for target markets indicated by EMDG Round 3 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 rank

Market

Grantees planning to export to market

% of grantees planning to export to market

1

United States of America

1,355

66.9%

2

United Kingdom

960

47.4%

3

Canada

526

26.0%

4

Singapore

439

21.7%

5

Germany

344

17.0%

6

France

340

16.8%

7

China

327

16.1%

8

Japan

296

14.6%

9

India

262

12.9%

10

United Arab Emirates

206

10.2%

Grant agreements

As of 13 September 2023, we have assessed all 2,184 applications and issued 2,044 grant agreements. This represents a success rate of almost 94%. Figures are correct as at 13 September 2023.

The breakdown of agreements by tier is shown below:

Tier category

Grant agreements

% of grant agreements

Tier 1

635

31%

Tier 2

640

31%

Tier 3

746

37%

Representative bodies

23

1%

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