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.
The Export Market Development Grant reimburses you (up to 50%) for amounts you spend on promoting your products and services for export market.
Are you an exporter? You may be eligible for the The Export Market Development Grant (or EMDG) which exists to help small to medium Australian businesses develop their export markets.
The Export Market Development Grant reimburses you (up to 50%) for amounts you spend on promoting your products and services for export market (except to New Zealand and North Korea).
Most products and services where the intended buyer is a foreigner will qualify, so it can extend to inbound tourism, the export of intellectual property and know-how (e.g. software), and holding conferences and events in Australia.
Promoting products and services produced and sold outside Australia can also qualify if there is a significant net benefit to Australia.
Do you qualify for the Export Market Development Grant?
To qualify for the export market development grant, you need to be an Australian individual, partnership, company, association, cooperative, trust or statutory corporation that has:
- An ABN and operating for at least two years
- Been exporting or is intending to export
- Annual turnover of $100,000 less but than $20m
- Have been spending at least $40,000 on export marketing expenditure
- Promoted the export of goods and/or services outside Australia
- Grants applied for in advance for a grant term of years
- Did not already receive 8 EMDG grants
How much can you get from the Export Market Development Grant?
You can get up to 50% of the amount you spend on the items listed in the categories below:
- Overseas representatives who market/promote your product
- Marketing consultants who conduct export market research or marketing activities
- Marketing visits overseas (travel, accommodation etc)
- Cost of providing free samples
- Cost of participating in trade fairs
- Cost of promotional literature and advertising (e.g. website, flyers, brochures, videos, etc)
- Cost of bringing overseas buyers to Australia
- Registration and/or insurance of eligible intellectual property for the grant, registration or extension of the period of registration of intellectual property for countries other than Australia or New Zealand and the cost of insurance premiums paid for protection against possible infringement, in countries outside Australia, of eligible intellectual property.
- Training
How many EMDG claims can you make?
You can claim up to eight grants which can be spread over non-consecutive years.
How we can help you apply and maximise your EMDG
We take the time to understand your business and provide you with professional advice on the best strategy for your application.
We identify and review all necessary paperwork and prepare your application.
With years of experience in government grants and our technical knowledge in law and tax, we stand by you to ensure you get the maximum possible out of your claim.
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EMDG Key Information
Grant amounts:
Maximum grant amounts for each tier per financial year, 2025–26 and 2026–27, are:
- Tier 1 – businesses ready to export. This is $20,000 up to $30,000 per financial year.
- Tier 2 – businesses exporting within existing markets. This is $20,000 up to $50,000 per financial year.
- Tier 3 – businesses exporting to new key markets. This is $20,000 up to $80,000 per financial year.
- Representative bodies – that support members to achieve export success. This is up to $50,000 per financial year.
Grants are offered as matched funding. This means, to be eligible, you must show you can:
- meet the minimum financial turnover for your tier
- have the capacity to spend at least $20,000 of your own money on proposed eligible activities
- match your tier’s grant amount with your own funds.
Eligible products:
To be an eligible product, your product(s) must be of substantially Australian origin and be:
- goods
- services
- events
- intellectual property or know-how
- software
Eligible expenses:
You can use EMDG for expenses in one or more of the following categories:
- maintaining a representative in a foreign country
- short trips to a foreign country for the specific purpose of export promotion
- engaging a consultant to do research or promotional activities
- short trips within Australia for the specific purpose of engaging with foreign buyers. This is not for trips, however, for general industry events or network activities where no foreign buyers are present
- foreign buyer visits
- soliciting for business in a foreign country
- providing free samples to potential foreign buyers
- producing and providing promotional and advertising material specifically for international export promotion
- intellectual property rights
- obtaining export training if you are a Tier 1 applicant
- delivering, or arranging to deliver, approved export training if you are a representative body
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- You will know for certain whether or not you qualify.
- You will have a rough idea of how much you can claim, or be able to work out how much you can claim.
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Austrade Updates
Milestone reports – $73m paid so far!
Closing dates for milestone reports
- Round 1, 2 and 3 grantees with reporting requirements in 2023-24 will need to complete and submit 2023-24 milestone reports before 31 May 2025
- Round 3 grantees with reporting requirements in 2024-25 will need to complete and submit 2024-25 milestone reports before 31 August 2025.