Garment making is labor-intensive, and the combination of internal and external pressures led to wholesale factory closures. Many firms moved production to mainland China or Southeast Asia, and Taiwan's remaining domestic textile industry was dramatically reshuffled.
內外夾擊下，勞力密集、需要大量車縫工人的成衣業整批整批地關廠，移往大陸及東南亞，國內紡織業生態也面臨劇烈洗牌。