Export Market Development Grants (EMDG)
Pays Australian exporters and their representative bodies between $20,000 and $80,000 a year in matched funding to market and promote their goods and services in international markets, with the maximum set by their export-readiness tier.
Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) is an Austrade programme that pays Australian small and medium exporters, and their representative bodies, matched funding to market and promote their goods and services in international markets — between $20,000 and $80,000 a year, with the maximum set by export-readiness tier. It supports marketing and promotional activities and training that help exporter…
EMDG supports Australian small and medium exporters and their representative bodies with marketing and promotional activities and training that help them create, develop, expand or diversify into foreign markets. It is split into three tiers by export readiness — from businesses just getting export-ready (Tier 1) to those exporting in new markets (Tier 3) — plus a separate stream for representative bodies that support SME members' export success.
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