Hog-raising accounts for nearly 30 % of the total value of the economic category of agriculture, forestry, fishing, and animal husbandry in Taiwan. Annual exports exceed US $ 1.5 billion, the largest animal husbandry export from Taiwan, nearly 50 % of which goes to Japan.
養豬業目前佔台灣農牧總產值的近三成，每年出口值逾十五億美元，是我國最大宗的出口畜產品，近五成銷往日本。