The mainland has long been ahead in the Japanese market, and the gap has been growing. In 1992 the PRC exported 1.8 times as much in value to Japan as Taiwan did.
日本市場長期以來是大陸佔上風，這幾年兩岸差距更逐漸拉大，九二年大陸輸出日本的金額，已達台灣的一．八倍。