Thanks to NT dollar appreciation, the cost of Taiwan's oil imports as a proportion of gross national product has fallen to 2 % from the previous levels of 5.5 % and 12 % during the first and second oil crises, respectively.
加上拜新台幣升值之賜，我國購油支出佔國民生產毛額的比例，由第一次石油危機爆發時的百分之五．五、第二次的百分之十二，降到目前的百分之二。