Foreign affairs & tradeStatutory authority
Export Development Grants Board
1974 – 6 January 1986
Statutory board that administered the export market development grants scheme, reimbursing part of the money Australian exporters spent developing overseas markets.
How it came into existence
Established in 1974 by the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974, in the Department of Overseas Trade portfolio, to administer the new cash grants scheme for exporters' overseas promotional spending.
Legislation: Export Market Development Grants Act 1974
Changes during its life
- 20 December 1977Moved to the Department of Trade and Resources portfolio.
- 11 March 1983Moved to the Department of Trade portfolio.
How it ended
Abolished on 6 January 1986, when administration of the export market development grants scheme passed to the new Australian Trade Commission (Austrade).
- Export Market Development Grants scheme
Main functions
- Administration of export market development grants
- Assessment of exporters' eligible promotional expenditure
- Payment of grants to exporters
- Advice to the minister on the grants scheme
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Trade.
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Sources
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