Another factor especially affecting Taiwan was that much of Taiwan's external trade was handled by foreign firms. As those firms found the economy slumping in their own countries, they dropped their buying and selling of Taiwan goods to preserve a market share for home country products.
另一方面，則是我國商品有許多透過外國商社出口，經濟景氣時不成問題；不景氣時，訂單有限，外商自是優先照顧自己本國的工廠。對外貿易有半數操在外商手中