Each year the United States imports huge quantities of plastic items, of which more than half (valued at US $ 230 million-plus) come from Taiwan.
美國每年進口大量的塑膠皮包、皮箱等旅行用品，其中台灣產品佔其進口金額的二分之一以上，民國六十八年時達二億三千多萬美元。