According to records of the Board of Foreign Trade, the amount of turtle shell being imported into Taiwan has been surpassing 200,000 kilos or even 300,000 kilos per annum. When you consider that a sun-dried shell weighs only a few ounces. this means that more than a million shells come through ROC customs each year.
在國貿局海關進出口記錄上，近年來台灣每年進口龜板量都高達二、三十萬公斤，一個曬乾的龜板不過幾兩重，等於每年有上百萬隻烏龜被去殼製成藥材。