Imports & Exports

New exporter services

Austrade and TradeStart offer a package of free services designed to assist small and medium sized Australian companies develop their businesses overseas and make their first export sale. 

The program gives Australian businesses the best possible start to exporting, by providing a wide range of free services to new exporters including advice and information about getting into exporting, export coaching and assistance on the ground in foreign markets. 

Support for potential exporters is available through Austrade and partner organisations throughout Australia and our overseas network.

How can Austrade and TradeStart help your business get into exporting?

Austrade’s services for new exporters provide eligible businesses with practical assistance to develop your business into a successful exporting company. Your export adviser and Austrade’s international network will help to:

Assess your export capability

• Review your export capability and evaluate export readiness
• Identify target markets
• Provide advice on financial and management issues

Prepare for your selected market        

• Advise on international marketing strategies and  your marketing plan
• Provide feedback on promotional material
• Inform you of economic conditions and commercial practices in your target markets
• Evaluate the suitability of your product/service for target markets

Visit your selected market

• Make appointments with selected relevant business contacts
• Arrange interpreters and translation of documents (at your cost)
• Briefings by Austrade staff in-market on local practices and culture

Follow through by your export adviser

• Assess the outcomes of your visit
• Assist you to achieve maximum impact from the visit

Are you eligible to apply?

Your business must have:

• a current Australian Business Number (ABN)
• Australia as its main place of business
• not completed TradeStart, the former Export Access program, or received Austrade’s new exporter services, during the last three years (some exceptions apply)
• no recurrent export revenue in the same market over the last three years   

You will need to:

• Meet various costs of participation, including for travel and market research (over and above the free services in the selected market as offered by Austrade)
• Be prepared to commit resources and reasonable management time to the program

Visit Austrade's site

 http://www.australia-migration.com