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SIMEST Foreign Market Entry loan

SIMEST - Inserimento Mercati Esteri

Status

Status not published

Portal temporarily unavailable 2 to 5 October 2026; otherwise continuous filing via the SIMEST portal.

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Amount
€3,500,000

Subsidised-rate loan (0.371%, 6 years incl. 2 pre-amortisation) for opening or upgrading commercial structures abroad. Ceiling is the lower of 35% of average revenue, EUR 500,000 (micro), EUR 2.5m (SMEs and start-ups/innovative SMEs) or EUR 3.5m (other companies); minimum EUR 10,000. Non-repayable share up to 10% (max EUR 100,000), rising to 20% (max EUR 200,000) for innovative start-ups and innovative SMEs or firms with a Southern Italy site on Africa, Central/South America or India projects.

Funder

SIMEST S.p.A. (Gruppo CDP)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Portal temporarily unavailable 2 to 5 October 2026; otherwise continuous filing via the SIMEST portal.

Your odds
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This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

This is de minimis aid. It counts against the €300,000 ceiling that applies to your company across a rolling three years in this member state (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831). If a new award would take you over, Article 3(7) disqualifies that award in full rather than reducing it — so check your headroom before you apply, not after. Check your headroom for Italy.

Who can apply

Italian companies (micro, small and medium enterprises in particular) with an international vocation; applications are filed only through the SIMEST portal and filing does not guarantee approval (subject to completeness, eligibility checks, SIMEST appraisal, availability of funds and the Comitato Agevolazioni). Subsidised rate 0.371%. Innovative start-ups and innovative SMEs, young- or women-led firms and Southern firms can access the non-repayable share.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · What is de minimis aid?

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Source. https://www.simest.it/per-le-imprese/finanziamenti-agevolati/finanziamenti-agevolati-internazionalizzazione/inserimento-sui-mercati-esteri/

"Il cofinanziamento a fondo perduto fino al 10% è esteso anche alle imprese che richiedono il finanziamento per un progetto con focus Africa o America centrale o meridionale o India, quota elevabile al 20% - fino a un massimo di €200.000 - in caso di imprese italiane con almeno una sede operativa nel"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.simest.it

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