Export support for companies from Czechia
Public bodies and programmes that help a company registered in Czechia sell abroad, by kind of support. Each entry was checked on the official website on the date shown.
- Trade promotion agencyVaries
CzechTrade (becoming CzechBusiness)
Czech Trade Promotion Agency
Help for SMEs entering foreign markets: foreign offices, partner search, market orientation, trade fairs, company presentations, export training (Ready2Export) and territorial seminars. The agency describes its services as low-cost because it is state-funded.
- Who:
- Czech companies, focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Run by:
- State agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO); merging with CzechInvest into CzechBusiness
- Markets:
- Up to 65 countries (homepage figure)
- Note:
- The homepage states that CzechTrade and CzechInvest are becoming CzechBusiness; a CzechTrade news item of 4 August 2026 (https://www.czechtradeoffices.com/rs/novosti/czechtrade-and-czechinvest-merge-to-create-czechbusiness-agency) says existing services continue without interruption while full integration is completed by January 2027, so the name and web address may change.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
- Grant or voucherCo-financed
NOVUMM 2 a NOVUMM2KET (OP TAK)
New marketing models of trade-fair participation
Subsidised ('zvýhodněné') services for SMEs exhibiting at selected specialised trade fairs abroad; NOVUMM2KET covers key enabling technologies. Lists of supported events and conditions are published per project.
- Who:
- Small and medium-sized enterprises; application via the MPO subsidy portal AIS.
- Run by:
- CzechTrade, co-financed by the EU through the Operational Programme Technologies and Applications for Competitiveness (OP TAK)
- Markets:
- Selected trade fairs abroad
- Note:
- Projects run for 2024–2027. A separate OP TAK 'Marketing' grant call (individual fair participation, managed by the agency API) could not be checked: apiagentura.gov.cz blocked our requests on 8 November 2026.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
- Export credit and insurancePaid
Česká exportní banka, a.s. (ČEB)
Czech Export Bank
Export credits for production and for foreign buyers, financing of investments abroad, loans for export-oriented companies' competitiveness, bank guarantees, receivables financing and documentary payments.
- Who:
- Czech exporters and export-oriented companies.
- Run by:
- Specialised bank that is part of the Czech state export support and economic diplomacy system
- Markets:
- worldwide
- Note:
- Profile page: https://www.ceb.cz/o-bance/profil-banky/.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
- Export credit and insurancePaid
Exportní garanční a pojišťovací společnost, a.s. (EGAP)
Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation
Insurance of export credit risks, of investments abroad, of financing production for export, and of guarantees for exporters; products for banks financing exports. For SMEs: consultations, a free fast preliminary insurability assessment and simplified processes.
- Who:
- Czech exporters, export-oriented companies and investors of any size or legal form; banks.
- Run by:
- Joint-stock company fully owned by the Czech state since 1992; shareholder rights exercised by the Ministry of Finance
- Markets:
- worldwide
- Note:
- SME-specific page: https://www.egap.cz/cs/podpora-msp.
Checked on the official site 2026-11-08.
Also open to you: the EU-wide instruments.
Questions
- Where do exporters from Czechia get public support?
- 4 programmes and institutions: CzechTrade (becoming CzechBusiness), NOVUMM 2 a NOVUMM2KET (OP TAK), Česká exportní banka, a.s. (ČEB), Exportní garanční a pojišťovací společnost, a.s. (EGAP). 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.