However, the timing for this was not ideal because Japan disposed of five million spindles this year creating a worldwide fiber shortage. Textile manufacturers didn't have to worry about overstocked inventories; why would they want to share the advantage with clothing exporters?
今年國際市場因日本實行產業淘汰，廢棄了五百萬個紗綻，造成全球的紗嚴重缺貨；國內上游業者既不擔心產品賣不出去，那會把他們從匯率上得到的好處，「轉嫁」給下游成衣業者呢？