Taiwan makers concern about losing order from Japan DSC vendors

As Japan has started to implement new policies to drop its exchange rate after the new government came aboard, Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) makers concern that the new policies may relatively affect their orders in the future, according to sources from DSC makers.

Since Japan's high exchange rate in the past was the main reason that the local vendors had been expanding their DSC orders to Taiwan makers, with the country's exchange rate starting to drop, the vendors may start reducing their orders to Taiwan makers, the sources noted.

Although the policies are expected to impact Taiwan's DSC orders in the long term, in the short term, Taiwan-based makers will benefit by the dropping cost from the component purchases from Japan.