EMDG (Export Market Development Grants) and the 2026 Federal Budget
The 2026 budget papers confirm EMDG will continue.
Funding in the forward estimates remaining at $110 million per year for the next 3 years, up to 2029/2030.
The spend level for 2025/2026 is shown to be slightly higher, $122.8 million to reflect additional funding to deal with the application over-subscription bungle for EMDG Round 4 back in November 2024.
Then back to $110 million again.
Funding in 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 assists exporters covered by Round 4 of the program.
The next funding cycle for new applications will be known as Round 5.
Round 5 will cover the years 2027/2028 and 2028/2029.
No details are known currently.
The Minister’s website does not show anything as we go to press with this update – always wanted to say that in one of our newsletters!
We anticipate the application process for Round 5 will happen in November of this year as it did for Round 4 back in 2024.
The 2025 Independent Review into the scheme is still to be published.
We expect that to happen in the coming weeks as well.