According to statistics from the TFB's Hualien Forest Management Office, from 1989 to 1992 the tree species which suffered the most illegal logging in the forests under the office's management was the yew, with losses of timber to a value approaching NT $ 20 million being recorded.
根據林務局花蓮林區管理處的統計，民國七十八年至八十一年間，花蓮林管處林班裡，遭盜伐數量最多的樹種正是紅豆杉，木材損失金額將近兩千萬台幣。