Imports of Western style buttons started toward the end of the Ching Dynasty. Because of rapid rises in wages and other costs, button-making has become uneconomical in advanced countries.
但是近年來，這些先進國家因為工資急劇上升、生產成本的壓力日增，生產鈕扣已經成為很不經濟的工業，而面臨被淘汰的命運。