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The Premier of Queensland's Export Awards application is designed to give you the maximum opportunity to demonstrate your innovation and success across a range of difference areas including marketing and business planning. It also allows you to demonstrated your overall success and commitment to exporting.

Application content

Areas your application should focus on:

The degree of innovation in your marketing strategy
Export growth achieved and your ability to sustain that growth
Evidence of sustainable competitive advantage
Value of exporting to your business over time
The overall company commitment to international business.

Applications will be judged using the following criteria:

Quality of the export marketing strategy

Quality and scope of your international marketing strategy
Innovation in marketing activities and in product/service features
Strategies to promote and enhance brand awareness in export markets

Business infrastructure

Business planning
Employment factors
Production capability
Competitive advantage
Advanced technology
Quality assurance
After-sales service
Financial management
Overall commitment

Sound capital base and solid employment capability

Substantial net worth
Sufficient working capital to support export activity
Employment capability over time

Level and sustainability of export sales

Export sales as a proportion of total sales
Export sales in terms of value, and year-to-year percentage growth in value, over the last three years or since the applicant commenced exporting
Projected value of exports over the next two years.

Judging process

Judges for the regional and State awards are from both metropolitan and regional Queensland. They have substantial public and private sector, international and small business experience.

The decision of the judges is final and conclusive. The judges will assess the applications against the criteria. The judges may also view your website to access further information about your business.

Awards will go to applicants that the judges deem to possess the highest exporting merit.

Judges will declare any conflicts of interest with their role as an awards judge. Judges reserve the right to not grant awards in any or all categories if applications are not meritorious.

Due diligence will be conducted on finalists and winners of both the regional and State awards.

Financial information provided in your application will be used solely for the purpose of judging and will be treated as strictly commercial-in-confidence.

Application guidelines

Comprehensive Guidelines about entering the Export Awards and a How to complete an application guide that contains valuable tips and advice for entrants are available for download.

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Last updated 29 May 2008