Fortunately, more than 20 companies came to apply for 20 offices. CETRA's loose conditions were that each company have exports of at least US $ 1 million and that a representative must be posted in Osaka. From these applications, "18 allstars" were selected.
好在，廿個隔間、來了廿幾家廠商報名，在貿協寬鬆的條件﹘ ﹘每家廠商的外銷實績必須超過每年百萬美元；以及必須要派人常駐大阪﹘﹘下，入選了「十八條好漢」。