Outside factors also contributed to the decline in exports. In Hong Kong flowers from Holland, Israel and Columbia entered the market to intensify competition.
香港市場不再是台灣「獨大」，荷蘭、以色列、哥倫比亞甚至大陸的花，陸續搶灘香港，前三者以高品質、後者以低價格攻下了陣地，我國的市場佔有率起碼掉了百分之卅。外銷對象變為競爭對手