Because of this system, production of sugar in Taiwan has not been affected by the fluctuations in sugar prices on the world market. In recent years, a new problem has appeared: More and more rural workers have moved to the cities as a result of industrialization, thereby posing a threat to the company's supply of raw materials.
在這個辦法下，台糖的經營得以保持穩定，避免受國際糖價漲落的影響太大，蔗農的收益也因此獲得保障。但是，近年來由於經濟結構的轉變，農村人力紛紛湧向都市及工業區，台灣農村普遍發生勞力不足的現象，台糖公司也面臨了蔗作面積銳減，導致生產不足的困境。