Hong says that the orders won't shift to other producers immediately when the tariffs drop to zero next year. Instead, international buyers will spend a year or two trying out products from elsewhere. Their main concern is quality. Mainland China and Thailand make pretty good fabric, and he believes that they'll be able to poach orders from Taiwan if they can deliver products of reliable quality.
熟悉布料市場的儒鴻紡織董事長洪鎮海說，明年一旦東協與中國間的關稅降到 0，國際買主基於品質考量，雖不至於立即轉單，但經過一、二年嘗試，若品質穩定，布料水準也不差的中國或泰國是可能搶走台灣訂單的！