Trade Show Expense Calculation
This program requires recipients to match 75% of every awarded dollar. This means companies must plan to spend an additional 75 cents for every requested dollar.
The maximum award per International Trade Exhibition Reimbursement is $10,000 which requires $7,500 in recipient cash match. The minimum required award for this program is $5,000 which requires $3,750 in recipient cash match.
Qualifying expenses:
- Booth space rental
- Booth design and construction
- Booth marketing materials (souvenirs/product give aways are not eligible)
- Furniture rental
- Booth services at the trade show
- Registration fees
- Website Fees- Including website translations into foreign languages, website localization services, and search engine optimization. Reimbursements limited to $3,000. Remaining balance can be accepted as part of the recipient cash match calculation.
- Fee-based Export Services offered by the U.S. Commercial Service- Click here for more information.
- Shipping Expenses- For shipping samples, marketing materials and exhibiting displays. Reimbursement limited to $2,000. Remaining balance can be accepted as part of the recipient cash match calculation.
- Travel expenses- Travel expenses are not reimbursable under this program, but they can be accepted as part of the recipient cash match calculation. Travel expenses are limited to 4 authorized company representatives. Airfare is not subject to the Fly America Act. Lodging and per diems are not subject to the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. General Service Administration guidelines.
- Design of marketing media- For brochures, social media platforms, websites, billboards, newspapers, branding and advertising, posters, advertising in international magazines. Reimbursements limited to $3,000. Remaining balance can be accepted as part of the recipient cash match calculation.
Please calculate your expenses using the spreadsheet below. You many add rows as needed.
International Trade Exhibition Budget Calculator
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