A new digital portal built for Austrade’s reformed ‘first-come, first-served’ export grants program processed hundreds of submissions for funding within hours of applications opening, frustrating some users.
The speed at which the grants were snapped up prompted complaints from some companies looking to access the funding designed to boost marketing activities in existing or prospective export markets.
Australia’s trade promotion agency opened the multi-tier Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) program on Wednesday last week, providing the first critical test for the refreshed grants program.
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