Currently, the cultivation area of local soybeans in Taiwan is approximately 3,000 hectares, with an annual yield of about 4,800 metric tons. According to data from the Taiwan Coarse Grain Development Foundation, the current purchasing price of local Taiwanese soybeans by wholesalers is around NT$35 per kilogram. However, based on our on-site visits, the price for most is actually only around NT$25 per kilogram. Low prices combined with government subsidies make most farmers unwilling to put extra effort into maintaining quality, and some even directly abandon harvesting. Raw materials of uneven quality entering the market disrupt market prices instead, creating a negative cycle of continuously deteriorating prices. Many brands that use local raw materials face great difficulties in the initial stage of market channel development. Limited by insufficient demand and a lack of scale in production, it is difficult for them to enter a positive cycle where stable production and profitability drive the development of the upstream (raw material) industry environment and the optimization of product manufacturing processes.

WO XIANG INTERNATIONAL FOOD CO., LTD.'s brand "Yuan Chu Dou Fang" has already been launched on large chain channels and continues to cultivate its presence. It possesses market resources such as a certain level of brand awareness and market share foundation, and the demand for raw materials created by these channels has also reached a certain scale. With the stable and large-scale production brought by large chain channels, Yuan Chu can more easily integrate upstream industry resources, allowing its social contributions and efforts to improve the industry to achieve greater collective economies of scale.
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