APLF LEATHER & MATERIALS+ and FASHION ACCESS (12 – 13 MARCH 2025) ARE PRELIMINARILY ASSESSED AS AN ELIGIBLE TRADE EXHIBITION FOR FUNDING SUPPORT UNDER SME EXPORT MARKETING FUND (EMF).

Eligible Hong Kong exhibitors may apply for funding support under EMF to join this event.

The maximum amount of funding support for each successful application is 50% of the total approved expenditure incurred by the applicant enterprise or $100,000, whichever is the less.

For details on application procedures: https://www.smefund.tid.gov.hk/english/emf/emf_procedures.html

For details on supporting documents: https://www.smefund.tid.gov.hk/english/emf/emf_supporting_documents.html

To download EMF application form: https://www.smefund.tid.gov.hk/english/emf/emf_form.html

You may visit our website at https://www.smefund.tid.gov.hk/english/emf/files/EMF_eForm_Demo.pdf for the ‘Online Application Demo’.

You can visit EMF website at EMF.TID.GOV.HK/ENG for more details on eligibility, scope, funding ceilings, types of application, application period and application procedures. For further enquiry for the SME fund, please feel free to contact the Trade and Industry Department through the enquiry hotline, +852 2398 5125 or by email, [email protected].

Note:

This is a preliminary assessment on the eligibility of the activity and is indicative only. It is not an approval for funding support under EMF in relation to the activity. Any subsequent change in the nature, scope or other arrangements of the activity (including the target audience of exhibition and the format of the exhibition) may affect its eligibility for EMF. Trade and Industry Department reserves at all times the right to review whether an activity has met the funding conditions and determine whether an application has met the various conditions, requirements and criteria for funding support under EMF.