The SME Export Marketing Fund: Updated Guide to Application and Application Form
The Guide to Application and Application Form of the SME Export Marketing Fund have been updated. The updated Guide to Application provides further clarification on specific funding conditions and requirements. The Application Form has also been updated accordingly. Starting from today, applicant enterprises must use the latest Application Form for submission of applications.
To download:
EMF Guide to Application (Version: May 2025)
Application Form (Version: May 2025)
2 May 2025
To download:
EMF Guide to Application (Version: May 2025)
Application Form (Version: May 2025)
2 May 2025
New Measures and Updated SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF) Guide to Application
The Trade and Industry Department has announced the implementation of new measures under the EMF. These measures will apply with respect to the applications received from 00:00, 14 March 2025 onwards. Also, the EMF will be consolidated into the BUD Fund upon expiry of the EMF’s special measures on 30 June 2026. Please press here for the announcement. The EMF Guide to application has accordingly been updated to reflect the changes under the new measures. Please refer to the updated Guide to Application and visit the webpage on Frequently Asked Questions for details.
13 March 2025
The SME Export Marketing Fund: Website Updates
The online function of “Enquiry on Previously Approved Applications/Application Status/Applicant’s Available Funding Balance” currently provided on this website has been renamed to “Enquiry”. Enterprises can continue to use the function to check and obtain instant reply for the application status of the submitted applications with application numbers issued, application records of the past submitted applications and the funding balance of the enterprise.
19 September 2024
The SME Export Marketing Fund: Updated FAQs
The Department has been updating the webpage of “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” in phases since May this year. The latest round of updates (Part D – Application Methods and Procedures) has been completed. Please click here to view the content.
11 September 2024
11 September 2024
The SME Export Marketing Fund: Sample Supporting Documents
Sample supporting documents are now available on this website for applicant enterprises’ reference, so as to assist applicant enterprises to provide more accurate and appropriate supporting documents/information for applications, as well as to make the application process smoother and faster. Please click here to check out the samples.
11 June 2024
The SME Export Marketing Fund: Email Deferment Notice
To enhance efficiency and facilitate application, we have issued all deferment notice by email to notify applicant enterprises of the outstanding/ supplementary information/ documents required. Please ensure that the contact email address provided in the Application Form is correct. The Department will not be able to process your application if a contact email address is not provided. You may also call the hotline at 2398 5127 or click here for details.
The result of an application (successful or otherwise) will remain to be issued by ordinary post.
The result of an application (successful or otherwise) will remain to be issued by ordinary post.
30 May 2024
The SME Export Marketing Fund: Updated FAQs
The Department is currently updating the webpage of “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” by phase. Questions commonly asked by applicant enterprises have been re-consolidated to facilitate applicant enterprises to obtain the required information quickly and easily through visiting the webpage. Please click here to check out the “FAQs”.
14 May 2024
Online Application Service: iAM Smart
The SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF) now accepts filling in the online e-Form using “iAM Smart” e-ME. The person filling in the online e-form with “iAM Smart” for and on behalf of the application enterprise is not required to submit the copy of his/her Hong Kong Identity Card or passport. Please click here for the “Online Application Demo” for details.
8 May 2024
The SME Export Marketing Fund: Email Deferment Notice
To enhance efficiency and facilitate application, the Department will issue the deferment notice by email to notify applicant enterprises of the outstanding/ supplementary information/ documents required in Q2 2024. Please ensure that the contact email address provided in the Application Form is correct. The Department will not be able to process your application if a contact email address is not provided. You may also call the hotline at 2398 5127 or click here for details. We will announce the exact start date of issuance of deferment notice by email on this website later.
8 March 2024
Enhancements to the SME Export Marketing Fund (EMF)
The cumulative funding ceiling per enterprise under the EMF has been increased from $0.8 million to $1 million. Furthermore, effective from 30 April 2021 until 30 June 2026, the funding scope is expanded to cover large-scale exhibitions targeting the local market as well as online exhibitions, and the eligibility criteria is relaxed to cover non-SMEs. Please click here for a list of trade exhibitions targeting the local market and online trade exhibitions preliminary assessed as eligible for EMF.
7 November 2022
For enquiries on the above highlights, please call EMF hotline at 2398 5127 or email to emf_enquiry@tid.gov.hk.