Many are still left, and they gave the area a very distinctive look. "The need for the tobacco barns began waning, however, after the repeal of the Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Law, privatization of the Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau, and the opening of Taiwan's market to a massive influx of imports.
然而經過許多年頭，隨著菸酒公賣條例廢除，及民營化、大量進口的替代役後，風光一時的美濃菸業逐漸凋零，菸樓乃孤寂地散落在美濃各角落。