Importers have explained their embarrassing riches with a sweep of the hand over their huge inventories. Large inventories, they say, will insulate the local market from current price reductions for a "certain" period of time. It takes time before the duty reductions will be reflected in local prices.
進口商的說法不外是：以前的存貨太多，無法馬上反映；要走高價位路線，不願影響品牌形象；水貨太多，生意不好做… … 不一而足。