Export Marketing and Investment Assistance (EMIA)

Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA)	Industrial Financing Branch (IFB)	Industrial Financing Branch (IFB)
EMIA Group Offerings	EMIA Individual Participation	SSAS and CPFP
National Pavilions Outward Selling  Trade Missions Outward Investment Recruitment Missions Group Inward Buying Missions Group Inward Investment Missions	Individual Exhibition Assistance and In-Store Promotions EMIA Primary Market Research(PMR) and Foreign Direct Investment Research Individual Inward Bound Missions	Sector-Specific Assistance Scheme (SSAS) Project Funding SSAS Project Funding for Emerging Exporters Capital Projects Feasibility Programme (CPFP)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

the dtic implemented the new Online Incentive Solution (OIS) from 1 September 2022. All EMIA Individual Participation applications must be submitted via the OIS platform. the dtic will no longer be accepting emailed or hand-delivered applications. Please find the Announcement Letter for more information.

COVID 19 –

• EMIA and SSAS Annexure A Generic COVID 19 Notice

Description EMIA Individual Participation

The Export Marketing and Investment Assistance (EMIA) Programme is designed to partially compensate existing and potential individual exporters for the qualifying costs incurred in respect of activities aimed at developing export markets for South African products and services, and to recruit new foreign direct investment into South Africa.

The EMIA programme comprises the following Individual Participation Incentive Offerings:

• Individual Exhibition Assistance and In-Store Promotion
  • • Individual Exhibitions (IE)
    • In-store Promotions
• EMIA Primary Market Research(PMR) and Foreign Direct Investment Research
  • • Primary Market Research (PMR) (PMR Appointments)
    • Primary Market Research (speaker at a conference)
    • Primary Market Research (exhibition visitor)
    • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
    • Product Registration in Foreign Markets
• Individual Inward Bound Missions
  • • Individual Inward Bound Missions (IIBM)

Frequently Asked Questions on the Export Marketing and Assistance (EMIA) Scheme

Download: SIC Codes [PDF]

Notice pertaining to the processing of personal information