明代實行海禁政策後，福建瓷器出口受到影響，閩北山區的浦城大口窯、建陽黑窯都衰落了。但明代中葉私人海上貿易興盛之後，沿海的漳州窯、德化窯、閩清窯、寧德窯都有大量瓷器進入國際市場，通過福建港市出口的景德鎮瓷器也很多。清中葉以後，福建瓷器的海外市場削減，但在國內市場卻有進一步的開拓，所以，不能說清代的福建瓷業衰退，真實情況是生產的品質下降，且以國內東北等地區為主要銷售市場。

Fujian porcelain exports were affected as a result of the ban on maritime trade was imposed by the Ming Imperial Court, which contributed to the decline of the ceramic kilns in the mountainous areas of the north of the province, especially the Pucheng Dakou kiln and Jianyang Hei kiln. However, as private sea trade resumed and prospered after the mid-Ming dynasty, products from kilns along the coastal areas of Zhangzhou, Dehua, Minqing and Ningde entered international markets in large quantities, not to mention the Jingdezhen porcelain products being exported from the port cities of the province. After the mid-Qing dynasty, the domestic markets for Fujian’s porcelain products expanded at the expenses of international markets. It, therefore, cannot be said that the porcelain industry in Fujian went into decline in the Qing dynasty. The reality is that the quality of production had become poor, and its principal market was shifted to the North East of China, among others.