Where do exporters from Austria get public support?

4 programmes and institutions: AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA / ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, go-international, Exportfonds-Kredit, OeKB Export Services – Exporthaftungen. Each entry links to the official page with the current conditions.

Can I use another country's programmes?

Normally not: export support follows the country where the company is registered. EU-wide instruments (Enterprise Europe Network, Access2Markets, the EU SME Fund) serve companies in every member state.

Export support for companies from Austria

Public bodies and programmes that help a company registered in Austria sell abroad, by kind of support. Each entry was checked on the official website on the date shown.

Trade promotion agencyVaries
AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA / ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber's foreign trade organisation
AußenwirtschaftsCenter abroad search and vet distributors, customers and suppliers, arrange contacts with importers and authorities, run trade-fair stands, business missions, export days and forums, offer individual market advice, recruiting help and the advantageaustria.org business portal.
Who:
Austrian companies.
Run by:
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKÖ, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber)
Markets:
worldwide
Note:
The start page (https://www.wko.at/aussenwirtschaft/start) states 700 specialists at around 100 locations; go-international.at says around 100 offices in over 70 countries (read 8 November 2026).
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
Grant or voucherCo-financed
go-international
go-international internationalisation initiative
Direct grants for internationalisation steps (suspended for now, see note), events such as the International Machinery Forum, export know-how and the WKÖ Exportradar market-data tool; the go-international team in each regional chamber advises free of charge.
Who:
Austrian companies.
Run by:
Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy and Tourism (BMWET), implemented by AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA (WKÖ)
Markets:
worldwide
Note:
As of 8 November 2026 no new grant applications can be made for the current funding period; the page says the ministry and WKÖ hope to offer direct grants again in spring 2027.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
Export credit and insurancePaid
Exportfonds-Kredit
Export fund credit for SMEs
A credit line for SMEs that finances up to 30% of export turnover, arranged through the company's house bank.
Who:
Austrian small and medium-sized exporters.
Run by:
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB) with the company's house bank
Markets:
worldwide
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
Export credit and insurancePaid
OeKB Export Services – Exporthaftungen
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank export guarantees
Export guarantees against non-payment by foreign buyers for political or commercial reasons, bills-of-exchange guarantees, investment guarantees, and refinancing of export loans through house banks (supplier and buyer credit, receivables purchase, production finance, leasing, soft loans).
Who:
Austrian exporters and their banks; cover generally needs 50% Austrian value added (25% possible in individual cases).
Run by:
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG acting on behalf of the Republic of Austria (Federal Ministry of Finance); Austria's export credit agency
Markets:
worldwide
Note:
Marketable short-term risks are referred to private insurers such as the OeKB subsidiary Acredia.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.

Also open to you: the EU-wide instruments.

Questions

Where do exporters from Austria get public support?: 4 programmes and institutions: AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA / ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, go-international, Exportfonds-Kredit, OeKB Export Services – Exporthaftungen. Each entry links to the official page with the current conditions.
Can I use another country's programmes?: Normally not: export support follows the country where the company is registered. EU-wide instruments (Enterprise Europe Network, Access2Markets, the EU SME Fund) serve companies in every member state.

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Cresques is not affiliated with these bodies. Sources: the official website of each institution, read on the date shown; conditions and calls change — check the official page before applying.