During the first year of membership, 2002, prices for agricultural products fell as a result of bumper harvests in some sectors and an oversupply of imported produce. Domestic annual agricultural output value fell by about NT $ 2.2 billion compared with the year before, representing a contraction of some 0.63 %.
加入世界貿易組織頭一年（民國九十一年），由於部分農產豐收，再加上進口農產品造成供過於求，農產品價格下跌，全年農業產值較前一年減少約二十二億元，衰退幅度為百分之○・六三。