With the economic transformation of Taiwan, labor intensive agriculture was largely replaced by industry. Given the shortage of labor, rising wages, and a prolonged slump in the international price of sugar, TSC saw its tens of thousands of hectares of cane field shrink before its eyes, putting pressure on profits and compelling Taiwan Sugar to restructure itself.
隨著國內經濟的轉型，勞力密集的農業逐漸被工業取代，勞力難求、工資上揚，國際糖價長期低迷，台糖眼見幾十萬公頃的甘蔗田一一縮減，營運備感壓力，逼著台糖力求轉型。