EMF The SME Export Marketing Fund
The SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF)
What is The SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF)?
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- EMF provides professional support to Hong Kong SMEs. SMEs can apply for grants of up to HK$800,000 under the scheme to carry out export promotion activities to expand their overseas markets.EMF's grants cover three major areas for export promotion activities targeting overseas markets.
- 企業申請基金資助的次數不限，然而每家企業所獲的累計資助金額上限為100萬港元，而涉及建立或優化申請企業擁有的公司網站/流動應用程式的活動資助上限為每家企業的累計資助上限的25% 申請企業可通過本網站的「查詢曾獲基金資助的申請 / 申請情況 / 申請企業資助餘額」網上服務，輸入其商業登記號碼及任何一個基金申請編號，查閱其基金申請紀錄及資助餘額。
Documents Required
What documents are required to apply for the EMF SME Marketing Fund?
- Completed application form
- Copy of Business Registration
- Copy of Companies Registry Annual Return (Form NAR1) or Incorporation Form (Form NNC1) for a limited company; or Business Registration Office Form 1(a) or Form 1(c) for an unlimited company
- Copy of valid identity card or passport of the person signing the application form
- Enterprises applying for initial funding for the first time must submit two copies of the signed funding agreement; when applying for final funding, they must submit original receipts or certified copies and other relevant documents
- Enterprises that apply for actual reimbursement must submit original or certified copies of expense receipts, as well as copies of relevant invoices, quotations, contracts, etc.
- Supporting documents required depending on the case
Initial funding and final funding
How is the EMF funded?
Advertisements
Exhibitions
Websites
Mobile App
E-store
Online reservation system
EMF allows businesses to promote their goods to local or foreign markets through various channels, including:
- Exhibitions held in Hong Kong or overseas
- Online trade exhibitions
- Business missions outside Hong Kong
- Online business missions
- Advertisements on trade publications which mainly target markets outside Hong Kong
- Export promotion activities which are conducted through electronic platforms/media and which mainly target markets outside Hong Kong
Application and Grant Process
What is the Application and Grant Process of EMF?
Enterprises may choose to apply for the grant in two ways:
On an accountable basis
The accountable mode refers to submission of applications within 60 days from the completion date of the trade fair, exhibition, study tour, publication date of the trade publication in which the advertisement was placed, completion date of the export promotion activity in which the advertisement was placed on the Internet, or the completion date of the project to set up/optimize the web site/web shop/mobile application
On an initial-cum-final basis
First-cum-final tranche refers to submission of application within 45 to 120 days from the commencement date of the trade fair, exhibition, study tour, publication date of the advertised trade publication, commencement date of the export promotion activity with online advertisement, or commencement date of the project on setting up/optimizing the website/web shop/mobile application. Successful applicants will be entitled to a maximum of 75% of the initially approved grant as "down payment" and the remaining amount as "final payment". Enterprises will be required to submit the required documents within 60 days after the completion of the activity in order to be eligible for the 'final grant'.
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