As a result of strenuous efforts by manufacturers and appropriate government aid, the industry was soon able to export for the first time as well as meet all domestic needs. The industry continued to expand until Taiwan became a leading world supplier of Christmas and general decorative lamps. Statistics show that with Taiwan's low labor costs and low price of natural gas, the products first became competitive on international markets in 1964.
從民國五十三年開始，由於國內勞工工資尚低，新竹、苗栗一帶又有豐富的天然瓦斯，提供廉價的能源，發展聖誕燈的環境好，國際市場需求又大，台灣遂大量生產外銷聖誕燈串，而成為世界上聖誕燈外銷最多的國家，擁有「聖誕燈王國」之稱。