Financing of Domestic Investments for Export
The Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) refinances domestic investments through your house bank to fulfill or expand export business – for example, for new machinery, warehouses, or production lines. Applications can be submitted at any time through the house bank.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Financing of domestic investments to fulfill existing export orders (order investment) or for the sustainable expansion of export activities (export investment) of Austrian companies.
Eligible expenses
- New investments (machines, production lines, warehouses)
- Replacement investments (e.g., energy-efficient machines)
- Real estate and movable property leasing
- Company acquisition to secure the supply chain
Eligible to apply
- Companies
- Cooperatives
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Company headquarters and investment in Austria
- For contract investment: already concluded export contracts and no AWS funding possibility
- For export investment: export quota >20% and minimum investment €2 million
- Investment purpose must serve the fulfillment or expansion of export business
Documents required for application
- Application form Contract Investment
- Application form Contract Investment Leasing
- Application form Export Investment
- Application form Export Investment Leasing
- Export Investment Green - Criteria
- Bill of Exchange
- SEPA Direct Debit Mandate
- Declaration Borrower Investment Financing
- Form Calculation Indirect Export Turnover
Evaluation criteria
- Company creditworthiness
- Level of export quota
- Contribution to environmental improvement in green variants
Description
The Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) offers loan subsidies for domestic investments with export relevance, enabling Austrian companies, cooperatives, and public institutions to access favorable refinancing conditions through their house bank. The objective is to finance machinery, production lines, warehouses, or real estate use to fulfill existing export contracts (Order Investment) or to sustainably expand export activities (Export Investment). The company’s registered office and the investment must be located in Austria. For Order Investment, concluded export contracts are required, whereas Export Investment requires a minimum export quota of 20% and an investment volume starting from €2 million. The subsidy rate ranges between 20% and 100% depending on the variant; higher rates may apply for environmentally friendly projects (“Export Investment Green”) or renewable energy (“Export Investment Green Energy”).
Various forms are available for the application process, including application forms for Order and Export Investment as well as documents for calculating indirect export sales and SEPA direct debit mandates. Evaluation is based on the company’s creditworthiness, export quota, and, for Green variants, the contribution to environmental improvement. Liability is assumed by the Republic of Austria through a bill guarantee, relieving the house bank of up to 30% (or 40% for Green variants) of the credit risk. This state-guaranteed refinancing provides high flexibility in repayment structure and attractively low interest rates, enabled by OeKB’s excellent credit ratings. Applications can be submitted at any time via the house bank, allowing export companies to quickly and purposefully invest in their competitiveness and international presence.
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