

Export Innovation and Diversification Award
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Definition
This award recognises a Malta-based exporter that has successfully used innovation to diversify its international business. Innovation may relate to a product, service, technology, process, business model, marketing channel or market-entry approach.
Diversification may relate to entering new countries, exporting new products or services, targeting new customer segments, or adopting new international sales and distribution channels, thereby reducing dependence on a single market, product or customer group.
Eligibility
For the purpose of this award: established and emerging exporters of any company size that implemented an export innovation or diversification initiative within the preceding three years.
To Apply
In the online application form, you will be asked to provide the following information.
Part 1
Overall Results of the Company
- Company details and a brief description of the company’s activities.
- Audited financial statements for the past three years. The commissioned auditors will calculate growth and profitability metrics based on the submitted accounts.
- International revenue as a percentage of turnover, verified by a Certified Public Accountant.
- Growth in markets and/or clients.
- Investment in internationalisation.
Part 2
Market Knowledge & Marketing Efforts
- A description of the company’s Unique Selling Proposition (USP).
- International marketing and business development efforts undertaken.
- The number of international markets in which the company is present.
- The market segmentation underpinning the company’s choice of markets.
- The networks established in the target market(s).
Part 3
Internationalisation & Innovation Capacity and Future Plans
- Human resources dedicated to internationalisation.
- The company’s innovation capacity.
- Future plans for internationalisation.
Ready to apply for the Export Innovation and Diversification Award?
Applications close on Monday 16 November 2026. Entry is free of charge.
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