Troubled by the problem of high shipping expenses, the Department of Agriculture and Forestry asked the Taiwan Agriculture Research Institute to do research in maintaining flowers 'freshness.
日本需花最甚的節日「清明節」（三月的第二個星期天），去年適逢暴風雪，日人沒法出門掃墓，鮮花的銷路大減，我們的外銷市場直接受到衝擊，七十三年的金額降到了三百萬美元左右，竟少了一百五十萬美元。