SME Export Marketing Fund

Funding

Funding cap per application

Each application may cover only one promotional activity. The maximum grant is 50% of the approved cost of that activity, or HK$100,000, whichever is lower. Funding for video or product filming and editing cannot exceed the government grant for the other eligible items in the same application, that is 50% of the approved government grant.

Cumulative funding cap per enterprise

There is no limit on how many times an enterprise may apply, but the cumulative cap is HK$1 million. Activities to build or improve a website or mobile app owned by the applicant are capped at 50% of that cumulative limit.

Eligibility

  • A non-listed enterprise registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310)
  • When applying, the enterprise must have real operations in Hong Kong. A shell company, or a firm whose main business is outside Hong Kong, does not qualify.
  • If an enterprise has been funded before, the cumulative amount cannot exceed the fund’s cap. Enterprises with similar business-registration details, such as nature of business, address, phone number or shareholders and directors, are treated as related. For the cap, they count as one enterprise.
  • The enterprise is not the organiser, co-organiser or service provider of the promotion it is applying for, and is not a company connected with them.

Application deadline

Applications accepted year-round