Oak barrel winery In recent years, labor costs have risen in Taiwan, and many farmers and food processing industry entrepreneurs have gone west to China. The market for green plum exports from Taiwan to Japan is shrinking and has been almost completely replaced by exports from Vietnam and China. The price of plums has dropped from more than NT $ 20 per kilo to less than NT $ 10.
橡木桶酒莊近年來，台灣人工成本高漲，不少農友與食品加工業者西進中國，青梅外銷日本的市場萎縮，幾乎被越南、中國取代，價格也一度從一公斤二十多元跌落到十元以下。