From the end of 18th century, for many reasons including a saturated market, changing fashions and China's own decline, the quantities of Chinese porcelain sold to England fell sharply, until the British East India Company stopped importing it altogether.
從十八世紀末開始，中國進口瓷器在市場飽和、時潮改變、本身衰落等種種原因下，銷英數量大減，以致英屬東印度公司不再進口中國瓷器。