Export Finance

Export Insurance | Lending | Investment | Project / Research Funding

Export Finance Guide (Export Development Canada)
Export Finance Guide is designed to help exporters understand and access export finance. Topics include: getting financing, pre-shipment and post-shipment export finance, types of financing, risk and insurance.

1. Commercial Loan Program
2. Value Added & Agribusiness Program (VAAP)
3. Capital Sourcing Program
4. Specific Loan Guarantee Program (SLGP)

1. The IVAC Fund provides investment and other support to early-stage Alberta businesses in the ICT, life sciences and other industrial technology sectors.
2. The Agrivalue™ Fund helps agriculturally based businesses with research, commercialization or start-up investment capital in order to promote the creation of new and more profitable products and technologies, such as:
   • New and enhanced food products, such as, identity preserved products, convenience foods and whole meal replacement products.
   • Wellness products such as functional foods and nutraceuticals.
   • Bioproducts (industrial and non-food), such as biofuels and biolubricants, bio-materials, compost, pet foods, cosmetics and fibre products.
   • Enabling technologies, which encompasses knowledge and/or services arising from research and technical innovations which can facilitate agrivalue™ growth.
3. The Ag Research Fund supports qualified research and development programs and projects in food products, environment management and other Alberta-based agricultural industries.

1. Agri-Business and Product Development Program is designed to stimulate new investment in value added food and agri-product processing sectors. This program targets agri-food processing companies and producers with innovative, market driven opportunities to commercialize a product, create healthy or healthier products or expand their business. To find out more about the program or to be put in touch with an ARD specialist contact the Ag-Info Centre at 310-FARM. Applications will be reviewed on the last Wednesday of each month.
2. Business Opportunity Grant is aimed at individuals and small business organizations that are looking to transform their operation to meet market and consumer demands.
3. Food Safety - Processing Initiative is a cost-shared program designed to allocate funds for processors to work towards implementing systems plans that result in demonstrated behaviour changes in food safety practices. It is targeted at facilities operating in Alberta that are food processing plants involved in producing food or drink for human consumption.
4. Lean Manufacturing and Automation - is an initiative for businesses to implement technology and systems to increase efficiency and reduce costs. is designed to stimulate new investment and capital expansion to enhance Alberta's ability to supply agriculture and agri-food products.
5. Leadership Development Grant is an initiative to increase a company's profitability and strengthen their competitive position.

1. International Market Development Program - designed to stimulate expansion and diversification of export markets for the Alberta livestock and meat sector. Assistance will be on a 50:50 cost shared basis with the applicant to a maximum grant of $1 million of the eligible costs per project. However, increased funding levels may be considered at an increased level of 75:25 cost-shared basis at ALMA’s discretion.
2. Value-Added Market Development Program - designed to stimulate expansion and diversification of the domestic market for Alberta livestock and meat products. Assistance will be on a 50:50 cost shared basis with the applicant to a maximum grant of $500,000 of the eligible costs per project. However, increased funding levels may be considered at an increased level of 75:25 cost-shared basis at ALMA’s discretion.
3. Research and Development Program - to enable both basic and applied research initiatives complementary to Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) marketing, differentiation and cost reduction priorities. Funding levels will be at the discretion of the ALMA.
4. Industry Development Program - designed to help the livestock and meat industry achieve long term competitiveness . Assistance is available to a maximum of $1 million of the eligible costs per project.
5. On-Farm Technology Adaptation Program - designed to stimulate the adoption of leading edge research developments that impact cost competitiveness. Assistance is available to a maximum 20 per cent of eligible project costs for capital expenses and a maximum 50 per cent of eligible project costs for non-capital expenses.
6. Automation and Lean Manufacturing Program - designed to reduce costs, speed adaptation and improve efficiencies though automation, technological advances and the adoption of best practices. (partnership with Growing Forward)
7. Business and Product Development Program - to stimulate and mentor new investment and capital expansion in Alberta’s meat and livestock sector with a focus on support for value-added meat processing companies in the province. (partnership with Growing Forward)

1. Research and Technology Development Activities - provides non-repayable contributions to Canadian SMEs interested in growing by using technology to commercialize services, products and processes in Canadian and international markets.
2. Youth Employment Strategy Programs - provides innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with support to hire post-secondary graduates.