Where do exporters from Cyprus get public support?

3 programmes and institutions: Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου, Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου και Βιομηχανίας, Σχέδια Ενισχύσεων de minimis για συμμετοχή σε εκθέσεις, Export Helpdesk (Υπηρεσία Υποστήριξης Εξαγωγών). 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 Cyprus

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

Trade promotion agencyVaries
Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου, Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου και Βιομηχανίας
Trade Service, Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry
Export promotion through 14 Trade Centres abroad (Athens, Warsaw, Berlin, Vienna, Cairo, London, Moscow, New York, New Delhi, Dubai, Paris, Beijing, Tel Aviv, Tokyo), state pavilions at international fairs and grant schemes for fair participation.
Who:
Cypriot companies.
Run by:
Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Cyprus
Markets:
worldwide
Note:
Pages read in Greek.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
Grant or voucherCo-financed
Σχέδια Ενισχύσεων de minimis για συμμετοχή σε εκθέσεις
De minimis grant schemes for trade-fair participation
On fairs with a state pavilion: 100% of space rental, stand construction and equipment, shipping and customs clearance of exhibits, participation fee and utilities, plus up to EUR 700 for promotional material. For private participation at fairs (industrial products): up to 50% of these costs, capped at EUR 3,050 per fair (small exhibits) or EUR 7,350 (bulky exhibits).
Who:
Cypriot companies manufacturing or trading industrial products and services, and agricultural products listed in Annex I TFEU (state pavilion scheme); separate private-participation schemes exist for industrial and for agricultural product companies.
Run by:
Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry
Markets:
worldwide (and fairs in Cyprus for the private scheme)
Note:
Schemes run annually. A separate scheme for service-sector companies on 2027 state pavilions (up to EUR 13,450 per beneficiary per fair) was announced on 29 October 2026: https://www.trade.gov.cy/gr/σχέδια-χορηγιών/σχεδιο-ενισχυσεων-ησσονοσ-σημασιασ-de-minimis-προσ-κυπριακεσ-επιχειρησεισ-για-συμμετοχη-σε-διεθνεισ-εκθεσεισ-στουσ-τομεισ-υπηρεσιων
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
Advice and helpdesksFree
Export Helpdesk (Υπηρεσία Υποστήριξης Εξαγωγών)
Export Helpdesk
Information on market conditions abroad and help finding importers and partners through the Ministry's Trade Centres; for some products, searches in subscribed databases for importers in countries without a Trade Centre (the company then makes contact itself).
Who:
Cypriot companies exporting goods or services.
Run by:
Trade Service, Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry
Markets:
worldwide
Note:
No fee is mentioned on the page; 'free' is inferred.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.

Also open to you: the EU-wide instruments.

Questions

Where do exporters from Cyprus get public support?: 3 programmes and institutions: Υπηρεσία Εμπορίου, Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου και Βιομηχανίας, Σχέδια Ενισχύσεων de minimis για συμμετοχή σε εκθέσεις, Export Helpdesk (Υπηρεσία Υποστήριξης Εξαγωγών). 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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