Domestically, the home appliance market was close to the saturation point. Also, seeking to alleviate their trade imbalance, the Americans requested that the Taiwanese market be opened up, and American, Japanese, and Korean companies moved in. Tatung's OEM orders suffered as well due to a stronger NT dollar. The golden days of Tatung were coming to an end, and it would be difficult to turn things around.
一方面，國內家電市場已趨近飽和，又在美國減少貿易赤字的要求下，開放內銷市場，允許美、日、韓等國爭食；另一方面，台幣大幅升值，資訊代工外銷也拓展不易，大同的黃金歲月遂逐漸褪色，一去難返。