Galician exports are experiencing their best historical moment. In 2022, sales abroad increased by 18.3% to almost 30,000 million, which allows Galicia to have a trade balance of 2,802 million euros. The Galician Internationalization Strategy 2021-2025 is the roadmap promoted by the regional administration with the aim of consolidating these figures, encouraging Galician SMEs to go abroad and concentrating efforts on boosting digitalization and market diversification.

In this context, the Xunta, through the Galician Institute of Economic Promotion (Igape), activates a new call for the support lines Galicia Exporta Empresas and Galicia Exporta Organismos Intermedios, with a joint budget of more than 3 million euros. Through these programs, incentives will be given to carry out foreign promotion actions that generate competitive advantages in the projection and positioning of Galician companies and organizations in international markets.

Galicia Exports Companies

This line is aimed at small and medium-sized companies seeking to encourage the implementation of foreign promotion actions, thus generating competitive advantages in the international market. It is aimed at SMEs of any economic sector and covers international projection actions related to dissemination, promotion or prospecting activities in foreign markets.

The grants cover actions to be held from January 1 to December 15, 2023. The final amount of support will not exceed €95,000.

Galicia Exports Intermediate Bodies

The second line is aimed at business associations, designation of origin regulatory councils, clusters or technology and/or innovation support centers.

The grants cover actions to be held from January 1 to December 15, 2023. The final amount of support will not exceed €400,000.

There are several international projection actions that can be covered by the fund, such as direct business missions or visits to fairs in a foreign country, participation in or organization of fairs or exhibition events, reverse business missions, joint advertising campaigns, elaboration of joint promotional material, creation, acquisition or contracting of platforms that allow the development and organization of fairs, tastings, seminars, actions and training sessions in virtual mode...

Since the launch of Galicia Exporta Empresas, in 2016, nearly 1,500 international promotion plans have been supported, with a total aid to date of €30.5 million, in addition to another €8.7 million and 165 initiatives promoted through Galicia Exporta Organismos Intermedios.

The deadline for applications for this call is November 23, 2023.