The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Han Sung-sook, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of SMEs and Startups) announced that it will be recruiting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to participate in the second support project for obtaining overseas standard certification in 2025 starting on Friday, August 1.
The Overseas Standard Certification Acquisition Support Project is a project that provides post-success support, subject to success, for a portion of the costs incurred by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in obtaining the standard certification required by export destination countries during the process of expanding overseas, including certification, testing, and consulting.
The certifications eligible for support include 546 types, including the EU's CE (European Converged Standards Certification), the US's NRTL (US Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory Certification, including UL certification), and China's NMPA (China National Medical Products Administration Approval). Selected companies will be supported with 50-70% of the total cost, up to a limit of 100 million won, depending on the previous year's sales.
This is the third round of application for participating companies this year, following previous rounds in February and May (Supplementary Budget). Approximately 200 companies will be selected for support. Each company can apply for up to four projects per year. However, if the total annual application amount is less than 35 million won (small-scale certification), there is no limit to the number of applications.
Lee Soon-bae, Director of Global Growth Policy, said, “We expect this project to be of great help in reducing the burden of global expansion for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that has been aggravated by the U.S. tariff policy, as well as in diversifying export destinations.” He added, “In addition to obtaining certification, we will expand related policies so that our SMEs can quickly respond to various types of export regulations that they face in the process of expanding their global economic territory.”
Recruitment of participating companies will be held until Friday, August 29th, and detailed information, including business application, can be found on the website of the Overseas Standard Certification Support Center .
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