You don’t have to navigate your export journey alone, especially when government programmes can subsidise the expert advice you need. Find export grants applicable to Australian food & agribusinesses from across all levels of government to help your business grow and succeed!
Gulfood Dubai 2025 Trade Mission
Global Victoria
Applicable States: Victoria
About the Program:
Global Victoria will host a trade mission to Dubai to support export-ready Victorian food and beverage businesses to participate at Gulfood from 17 – 21 February 2025.
Gulfood Dubai is one of the largest food sourcing trade shows in the world. In 2024 the show featured over 5,500 exhibitors and attracted more than 100,000 attendees representing 190 countries.
Open Date: Monday 14 October 2024
Close Date: Applications Closed
Global Victoria will support costs incurred during the Gulfood program of events, from 17 to 21 February 2025 including:
- A designated space on the product display wall in the Victorian area of the Australia pavilion and access to meeting spaces.
Trade show passes for a maximum of two representatives per Victorian company. - Individual business listing in the Gulfood Exhibitor Directory.
- Pre-show and on-the-ground support services from delivery partners, such as Export Connect and Victorian Government Trade and Investment (VGTI) team in Dubai.
- Transport for optional retail tour and site visit program.
Familiarise yourself with Global Victoria’s terms and conditions for participation in this trade mission program.
NSW Going Global Export Program 2024 - 2025
Investment NSW
Applicable States: NSW
About the Program: This Program supports eligible NSW businesses to reach new customers in new international markets.
Open Date: 2024
Close Date: Dependent on stream
Participants will have access to online workshops, business matching, coaching from a dedicated Export Adviser from Investment NSW, access to the NSW Trade and Investment Commissioner in-market, support from industry experts and training in marketing and e-commerce.
Accelerating Trade Grant Program
Applicable States: TAS
About the Program: The Accelerating Trade Grant Program helps Tasmanian businesses to collaborate, expand their presence and introduce Tasmanian products and services to the world.
Close Date: 30 June 2025 (or until the annual funding limit is reached)
The program provides grants of up to a 50 per cent contribution towards specific off-island activities that support market growth and diversification opportunities for Tasmanian businesses. This includes activities such as promotional events or campaigns, market research and business matching services, and inbound buyer visits.
Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Program
Applicable States: TAS
About the Program: The Advanced Manufacturing Accelerating Growth Program (the program) supports Tasmanian-based advanced manufacturing enterprises to become more competitive, resilient, and able to scale-up to better compete in global markets.
Close Date: 6 January 2025
The program provides a reimbursement of up to 50 per cent of approved project costs up to a maximum of $100,000. Eligible project expenditure cannot be retrospective. Eligible expenditure includes:
- plant and equipment to be used in the manufacturing process
- commissioning costs
Seafood Export Growth Program
Applicable States: SA
About the Program: This program will support the South Australian rock lobster industry to re-engage with the lucrative China market as soon as trade restrictions ease.
The program also aims to support the state’s seafood exporters to diversify into new and emerging markets.
Close Date: June 2025
To ensure the seafood industry is poised to make the most of the opportunity should regulations be altered in China to permit the reopening of trade, the program will provide the following:
- Support for SA seafood exporters to attend major international trade events
- Bringing key seafood importers to South Australia for familiarisation visits
- A marketing campaign for international audiences, including China and Japan.
Wine Export Diversification Program
Applicable States: SA
About the Program:South Australian wineries are benefiting from the 4 year, multi-market Wine Export Diversification Program, which launched in July 2021, to support producers to diversify into new markets and grow sales of premium South Australian wines across the globe.
Close Date: 6 January 2025
Support for the wine sector through this program will assist in increasing South Australian wine exports in priority, developing and emerging markets with the core objectives to:
- Drive commercial outcomes for existing brands in international markets
- Expand exporter access to new markets and channels with a focus in all priority markets
- Enhance positive sentiment and education across all markets for premium South Australian wine.
The program consists of a series of campaigns and initiatives with a priority upon retail, eCommerce, business-to-business opportunities for new-to-market companies, brand promotion, wine education and international trade visits.
AgriFood and Beverage Voucher Program WA
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA
Applicable States: WA
About the Program: The Agrifood and Beverage Voucher Program supports small businesses across regional and metropolitan WA to access expert advice to build resilience and sustainability, competitiveness, scale and export preparedness into their operations.
Close Date: Closed
Vouchers will be offered on a competitive application basis to support contracting professional consultancy services in one or more of the following five categories:
- Business planning;
- Manufacturing for business growth;
- Sales and marketing;
- Financial health;
- Environmental sustainability and social responsibility.
More information on these categories can be found in the Guidelines document.
Eligible businesses may apply for up to two vouchers this round with a maximum combined value up to $20,000 (depending on total sales turnover) and are required to match the voucher funding dollar-for-dollar.
Global Trade Scheme
Northern Territory
Applicable States: NT
Amount: Grants of up to $50,000 to assist businesses grow existing markets or become export ready. Funding amounts vary depending on the funding stream being applied for.
Close Date: Applications for all 3 streams will remain open all year round or until grant funding is handed out.
The Global Trade Scheme helps eligible Northern Territory (NT) businesses set up or expand their exporting capabilities.
The grant program includes 3 streams of support for businesses that:
- are at the beginning of their export journey
- want to diversify into exports
- want to expand into new global markets.
The program offers different levels of support depending on where the business currently is on its export journey. Each stream is based on a 50:50 co-contribution basis.
Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) Round 4
National
Applicable States: National
Amount: Funding amounts vary depending on the tier being applied for.
Open Date: Wednesday 6 November 2024 10:00am AEDT
Grants are for eligible promotional activities undertaken by small to medium sized exporters and representative bodies. Small to medium enterprise (SME) exporters can apply for grants over 8 years in total (not necessarily consecutively). Representative bodies have no maximum grant years. Grants for businesses are available in 3 tiers with each providing a different level of support for SMEs as they grow their export markets. The tiers are:
- Ready to export
- Exporting and expanding
- Exporting, expanding and strategic shift.
New Market Program
Trade & Investment Queensland
Applicable States: QLD
About the Program: Let Trade and Investment Queensland’s global network help you to take advantage of opportunities in new overseas markets under the New Market Program.
As part of the activation of the Queensland Trade and Investment Strategy 2022-2032, the New Market Program incorporates a key objective to diversify opportunities in new international markets.
Staus: Closed
The Program is not only relevant to Queensland goods but is also highly suited to the professional services sector.
Matched funding grants of up to $25,000 (excluding GST) are available to cover costs associated with exploring a new export market opportunity, including market research, promotional materials, in-market representatives, and trade show attendance.
Applicants will need to meet a range of criteria and be pre-qualified.
Go Global Export Program
Trade & Investment Queensland
Applicable States: QLD
About the Program: The Go Global Export Program provides Queensland’s export-ready small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with funding to finalise an export deal in a new market.
The program aims to boost export capability, equip businesses for ongoing export success and create jobs and prosperity for Queensland.
Status: Closed
While there is significant support along a company’s export journey – in terms of market awareness, planning and preparation – funding of up to $25,000 (ex-GST) will be available to Queensland SMEs. This is to assist their export outcomes and support TIQ’s purpose of driving global business opportunities that create jobs and prosperity across Queensland.
One of TIQ’s core objectives is to assist Queensland businesses with an internationally competitive offering, by developing capability, providing market intelligence, accessing networks and making valuable connections.
NSW Export Assistance Grant
NSW Government
Applicable States: NSW
Amount: Export Assistance Grant of up to $10,000
Open Date: 2022
Close Date: Closed
This grant helps eligible export businesses in NSW access global markets. Funds can be used for: marketing materials, e-commerce development, international trade show and trade missions, inbound business support and much more!
International Competitiveness Co-Investment Fund
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA
Applicable States: WA
Amount: Grants of between $20,000 and $100,000 are available
Status: Closed
Provides WA’s agrifood businesses with the capability to access and develop international export markets. Activities include enhancing export capability, developing international business relationships, achieving strategic business growth and much more.
Access Asia Business Grants 2022
WA Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Applicable States: WA
About the Program: This Program supports WA small and medium businesses, and organisations such as Asian business councils and industry associations, to advance their export and trade in Asian markets and contribute to WA’s economic diversification.
Status: Closed
2022 grants will assist recipients to engage in activities that enable them to: adopt new business models to expand market share, scope new supply or value chains, develop export plans that manage COVID-19 implications, access new Asian markets or sectors and much more!
Traceability Grants Program – Round 2
Australian Government
Applicable States: National
Amount: The Australian Government has a total of $1 million allocated to the programme – Round 2.
Status: Closed
Investigation of options to demonstrate the provenance of Australian agricultural commodities.
– Development of requirements around traceability data collected along supply chains.
– Detailing commodity supply chains.
– Investigation of technologies that enable real time or passive tracing of various commodities through the supply chain.
– Investigation of innovative solutions to collect and store data that can be used to trace and/or track commodities through supply chains.
Package Assisting Small Exporters
Australian Government
Applicable States: National
Amount: For this grant opportunity, a total of $5 million (GST exclusive) grant funding is available over three years.
Status: Closed
Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to: the development of systems to meet the standards required by regulators and customers, market intelligence to allow small exporters to target or tailor their products, the implementation of systems to perform procedural and administrative functions essential to exporting products, the development of innovative solutions to address technical barriers to market access
Wine Export Grants
Wine Australia
Applicable States: National
Amount: Up to $25,000
Status: Closes
Wine producers may be eligible for up to $25,000 towards reimbursement for the cost of promotional activities in any export market, including:
- free samples including freight or transport
- marketing campaigns including social, advertising and virtual promotions
- market research and development activities (as per amended guidelines dated 31 March 2021)
- retail promotions – online and in-store
- in-market representation at international events and fairs e.g. contracted labour
NSW Government Export Assistance Grant
NSW Government
Applicable States: New South Wales
Amount: Up to $10,000
Status: Closed
Export marketing and development activities, such as market research, participation in international tradeshows and trade missions, inbound business support, e-commerce development and marketing materials.
Global Gateway Program
Global Victoria
Applicable States: Victoria
Amount: Up to $50,000
Status: Closed
Business can use the the grant to identify and engage professional service providers to deliver project activities to support their export recovery. These activities may include marketing and promotion, market access and marketing intelligence. Businesses must make a minimum co-contribution of 20 per cent of the project.
Food to Market Grant Program
Agriculture Victoria
Applicable States: Victoria
Amount: $50,000 – $1,000,000
Status: Closed
Projects that may be considered for funding to grow export markets including access to new markets for existing or new products
Grant funding may be used for:
– Investment in plant and equipment
– Research and development for pilot projects or new product development
– Market promotion
– Business and marketing plans or feasibility study development
– Website development and network costs.
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