Prices quoted to foreign buyers were predicated on the exchange rate at that time. By the time the payment arrived at a later time, however, it had to be exchanged by the businesses for NT dollars at the new rate. Because this meant less NT than had been expected, the businesses lost money.
去年八月，新台幣漲幅初起，從一天一分到一天三分，月初依當時匯率估算成本接來的訂單，月底出貨收到的美元，再換回新台幣時已成虧本生意，國內業者驚呼聲此起彼落。