There are more than 1,000 distributors like Tsai in Pingtung County. The county produces betel nut in every one of its 33 townships. Given that its more than 40,000 growers have been generating annual revenues of more than NT $ 6 billion from the crop in recent years, it's fair to say that betel nut is the lifeblood of Pingtung's agricultural industry.
屏東縣像蔡瑞堂這樣經營行口的有一千多家，33 個鄉鎮全數種植檳榔，共有四萬多名檳榔農戶，近年平均年產值六十多億元，可說是農業經濟的命脈。