Because the water quality in Puli is excellent, and the sugar cane produced there is renowned, Taiwan Sugar was able to use these resources to capture territory in the export market for the Taiwan sugar industry in the 1950's and 1960's.
埔里因為水質好，所產甘蔗素來有名，台糖曾以此資源，在民國五、六十年代，打下台灣糖業外銷市場的一片江山。