Exporting is not a workable solution to this problem, as small-scale fruit growers from Taiwan cannot compete with large-scale, automated fruit production in developed western countries. Nor can Taiwan compete with many developing countries whose low wage rates make for low fruit prices.
外銷鮮果卻又面臨兩個不利因素：一、我們農戶規模小，經營成本不比農地大、高度機械化的西方國家；二、我們人工耗費大，工資又比許多開發中國家高。所以外銷的價格我們競爭不過別人。