With 1 in 4 Australian jobs relying on trade, the Albanese Labor Government is focused on generating new and diversified trade and investment opportunities for Australian businesses.
We have done this by stabilising our relationship with China, strengthening our trading relations with India and South-East Asia, and working towards a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
Working hand in hand with Australian businesses, we are committed to ensuring our exporters are in the best position to make the most of our trading opportunities and sell their goods or services on the global stage.
The next step in this work is delivering the necessary reforms to the Export Market Development Grant program to ensure Australian exporters can continue to grow, market and promote their product to the world.
The revised guidelines published by Minister Farrell will mean larger grants for exporters with incentives for businesses to diversify the markets they export to, helping to develop better ties with key markets across the world.
Applications are open now and close in November.
The EMDG program
The EMDG program provides grants to Australian small and medium enterprises and their representative bodies to:
- market and promote their goods and services globally
- undertake export training.
EMDG provides grants for the following:
- Tier 1 – small and medium enterprises ready to export
- Tier 2 – small and medium enterprises exporting within existing markets
- Tier 3 – small and medium enterprises exporting to new key markets
- Representative bodies – that support small and medium business members to achieve export success.
About grant rounds
We are currently managing 4 grant rounds.
Grant rounds 1 to 3 are closed to applications.
Round 4 will be the next round to open for applications. There will be different opening dates for representative bodies and each tier. The times and dates are:
- Representative bodies, applications open AEDT 10am on 6 November
- Tier 1 – ready to export, applications open AEDT 10am on 12 November
- Tier 2 – exporting within existing markets, applications open AEDT 10am on 12 November
- Tier 3 – exporting to new key markets, applications open AEDT 10am on 12 November.
For eligibility criteria and requirements and to submit an application, visit: Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) | Austrade
