A 2009 analysis of trade and tariff data by Ku Ying-hua, a research fellow with the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), anticipates that the plastics industry will bear the brunt of the effects of the ASEAN Plus China free-trade zone when fully implemented in 2010.
今年中華經濟研究院研究員顧瑩華以實際貿易和關稅資料所做的分析研究也顯示，「塑化業」是明（2010）年「東協加中國」自由貿易區完成後首當其衝的受害者。