There was a period when the ROC's foreign trade reached 95 % of its gross national product. Although in the last few years this proportion has fallen to 75 %, it still ranks fifth in the world, behind Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium, which all rely heavily on entrepot trade.
有一段時間我國貿易量曾高達國民生產毛額的九十五％，近幾年雖然降到七十五％，但比例之高在全世界仍排名第五，僅次於香港、新加坡、荷蘭、比利時等轉運國家。