Most ceramic bead factories are small, and must increase their capital before they can expand and enter the export market.
況且首飾流行有風潮，產品生命周期也短，開拓海外市場的投資報酬率不樂觀，因此業者不太熱中。而對於某些以大宗仿古藝術瓷為主的公司而言，生產陶瓷項鍊只是興之所至，所佔比例少，也就不會積極為之拓銷海外了。