Even allowing for recent NT dollar appreciation against the US dollar, which has reduced dollar purchasing power in Taiwan, the Commodity Price Supervisory Board of the ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs itself has established that certain prices in Taiwan, especially for clothes, are higher than in Japan.
其中雖含近五年美元對新台幣貶值，美金在台灣的「價值」相對降低的因素；但根據經濟部物價督導會報自己調查，台灣的某些物價，特別是衣著類，價格比日本還高。