In 1936 the Japanese governor's office in Taiwan drafted regulations controlling the export of rice from Taiwan. Rice to be sent from Taiwan to Japan was compulsorily purchased by the colonial government at a low price, and then sold in Japan at the current market price.
一九三六年，台灣總督府擬訂了「台灣米穀輸出管理法案」，台灣輸日的稻米，由政府以低價收購，再以時價在日本賣出。