What are the prospects for edamame bean planting? is it profitable? Taiwan's edamame bean export to Japan holds the top spot.

Taiwan edamame is super proud, selling Japanese champion for 11 years in a row! According to the statistics of the Agricultural improvement Farm of the Kaohsiung District of the Council of Agriculture, in 107, the export output value of edamame beans was US $81.18 million, equivalent to NT $2.45 billion. The main export market was Japan, accounting for 85%, while the rest was sold to 24 countries, including the United States and Canada.

The market share of Taiwan's frozen edamame beans in Japan is nearly 45%, which is firmly the champion, and its market share is 1.63 times that of its competitors Thailand and 1.91 times that of China. However, these competitors who can compete with Taiwan edamame beans are all technical support from Taiwan businessmen. Planting, harvesting, processing, transportation and other technologies are all set by Taiwan, but they all adopt low-price competition strategies, and Taiwan suffers a lot in terms of price.

The export output value of edamame beans has exceeded 80 million US dollars for two consecutive years.

Kaohsiung improvement Market said that the export output value of domestic edamame beans in 107 years was 81.88 million US dollars, the second highest in history, and the record in 28 years. At the same time, the export value exceeded 80 million US dollars for two consecutive years. The goal of continuing efforts this year is to maintain a level of more than 80 million US dollars, because the pressure of competition is really huge.

Zhou Guolong said that although Taiwan's edamame beans have been mechanized and operated as enterprises, the cost of Taiwan's edamame beans is still higher than that of China and other Southeast Asian countries, and there are still 6% tariffs to bear, including Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. They all have free trade agreements with Japan, so the tariff is 0. In addition, Thailand and China, which rank second and third in imported edamame from Japan, are also improving their pesticide residues and product quality one after another. these are all challenges to be solved by Taiwan's edamame bean export industry.

Although the export of edamame beans in Taiwan has had a glorious history, it has also been weak. it was not until nearly a decade that it turned around and regained the taste of victory. after the worst time in 1996, the export output value gradually came back, with an export output value of US $80.55 million in 106 and a further growth to US $81.18 million in 107. as for this year, Kaohsiung Field is a little worried because the export sales in the first quarter of 108 are a little less than the same period last year. They are looking for reasons and ways to solve them.

With regard to the production of edamame beans, the Kaohsiung Agricultural Reform Farm said that the area of the export area of edamame beans in the spring of 108 in Gaoping area has reached 2857 hectares, and the combined area of spring and autumn crops can produce edamame beans. This year, the improvement farm also tutored farmers and used mechanical harvesting to produce "dwarf beans (min beans)." within four hours, healthy and delicious products can be processed, and export items of frozen beans in China can be increased.