Fortune Magazine, in evaluating the situation in the Republic of China concluded that less than one percent of the nation's export earnings were derived from counterfeit goods. This position is brought into a clearer perspective when the total world-wide figure of counterfeit earnings is considered, U.S. $ 60 billion.
「仿冒之風使得我國的一流產品，都掛別人的商標；廉價品才打上『台灣製造』字樣，對國家形象是另一重損傷」，一位經濟部官員感嘆。