The Market Access Program (MAP) is organised by the South Australian Department of Trade and Economic Development and is designed to assist South Australian SMEs to develop their export capability, conduct market awareness campaigns and enable local businesses to develop export culture.

MAP applications are to be submitted before a company performs export activities. Approved MAP applications enable the application to claim up to 50% of the eligible expenses incurred, subject to the maximum in each application class.

The categories in which applicants may apply are:

– Category A: Outgoing missions by a company (maximum grant of $5,000).
– Category B: Hosting of incoming buyers by a company (maximum grant of $2,000).
– Category C: Developing exports capabilities of a company (maximum grant of $1,000) per financial year.

To be eligible to apply applicants must be an Australian individual, partnership, company, or co-operative carrying on business in South Australia.

Joint ventures between South Australian registered organisations, South Australian registered enterprises and other State/Territory or national enterprises is permissible, provided that the provision of grant funds is restricted to South Australian enterprises.

To be able to claim the costs of promoting your product you must be the principle in the export transaction.

This means the product must be yours, that is, you have legal ownership of it, and you must be the one who exports the product.

To be able to claim the costs of promoting your product you must be promoting them to foreign residents or markets. Grants are available to companies that attend pre-approved trade shows held within Australia that attract international buyers.

Applications are considered quarterly. The next grant round for applications closes 15 June 2010.

For more information and to apply visit here.

Applicants are required to declare any funding being received under the Export Market Development Grants Scheme (EMDG) administered by Austrade. Eligibility for MAP will be on the basis of ineligibility for Austrade’s EMDG through insufficient spending.

If your organisation is spending more than $15,000 per financial year on export promotion activities, and you have not received EMDG in the past, it is recommended that you contact Austrade to see if you are eligible for this grant.

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