Although Taitung's export sales of atemoyas are still small at the moment, only comprising some 2 % of the county's production, after grading and shipping the price immediately quadruples. In Singapore, one atemoya of the "special" grade can fetch NT $ 118. This is twice the domestic price. Attracted by the high profits, fruit farmers are only too happy to cooperate.
雖然目前台東鳳梨釋迦的外銷數量不大，只佔縣內生產量的 2 %，但分級出貨後，價格立刻翻兩番，賣到新加坡的特級品一顆可以達到台幣 118 元，是國內價格的兩倍，果農在重利誘因下，配合度也高。