In the 1960s Taiwan planted some 40,000 hectares of bananas. At the time, banana exports accounted for 25 % of all foreign currency earnings, and Taiwan acquired fame and the reputation as a "banana kingdom."
1960 年代台灣香蕉栽培面積達 4 萬多公頃，當時外銷香蕉所得佔整體外匯四分之一，贏得「香蕉王國」的美譽。