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Who qualifies and what are the criteria?
Eligible enterprises
The following enterprises qualify for assistance on condition that they are operating and trading for more than one financial year:
- South African manufacturers of products including SMME, HDI and other owned businesses who are registered with the South African Revenue Services (SARS)
- South African Export Trading Houses (ETH) representing at least three (3) SMME or HDI-owned businesses
- South African Commission Agents representing at least three (3) SMME or HDI-owned businesses
- South African Export Councils, Industry Associations and Joint Action Groups representing at least five (5) South African entities
- Entities/divisions/subsidiaries forming part of a group, joint venture or partnership will qualify for EMIA assistance at the absolute discretion of the Senior Manager: EMIA. Please see definition of related parties.
- Entities that are outsourcing their manufacturing process will only qualify on submission of:
- Formal outsourcing agreement(s) between the company and the manufacturer(s), or
- Other proof substantiating that the entity is the legal owner of the product/design or patent
- Financial assistance to services industries is limited to thedti's priority services sectors as outlined below:
- Capital equipment services
- Consulting engineering services
- Civil engineering contractors
- Pre-qualified tourism services
- Pre-qualified ICT services
- Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services
- Film and television services
Qualifying criteria
The Department of Trade and Industry expects applicants to meet the following qualifying criteria:
- Export readiness of applicant
- Export/production performance of the applicant
- Export/marketing competence of person visiting the foreign country (where applicable)
- Potential available/accessible production/export product capacity
- Extent of export marketing planning
- Type of product for export and local sales performance
- Level of labour absorption, location and technological requirements
- Industry in which the venture operates or is planned
- Membership of an Export Council (not compulsory, but preferable)
- Submission of general and specific qualifying documentation and adherence to general and specific criteria as stipulated per each EMIA offering and specific criteria as stipulated for the National Pavilion offering.
- EMIA schemes are mutually exclusive and benefits may only be applied for in respect of one EMIA offering at a time. In addition to the existing rule, it should be noted that EMIA funding cannot be applied for a Trade Mission to visit an international exhibition where thedti already funds a National Pavilion.
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