After Taiwan entered the World Trade Organization in 2002, mainland Chinese towels could be legally imported into Taiwan; yet even so, some were falsely labeled "Made in Taiwan," causing a further blow to Taiwan's towel industry.
民國 91 年台灣加入 WTO，大陸毛巾可以名正言順進口，有些甚至以 made in Taiwan 的假標籤在台販售，讓台灣毛巾業更受衝擊。