Ted Fan, secretary-general of the TTMA, says that since the government liberalized the import of mainland pu ’ er in 2001, import volumes have grown from a few hundred kilograms per month to more than 560,000 kilograms in April 2010. “ Pu ’ er tea has long been referred to as ‘ the moldy smelling tea ’ in Taiwanese, ” says Fan.
台灣區製茶工業同業公會總幹事范德光指出，政府自從 2001 年開放中國普洱茶進口後，數量從每月數百公斤節節高昇，今年 4 月甚至暴衝到 56 萬餘公斤。