Taiwan Sugar Corporation


Taiwan Sugar Corporation or Taisugar is a state-run enterprise of Taiwan, with headquarters in Tainan City.

History

The corporation was established on 1 May 1946 by the Nationalist government after the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, by merging all of the Japanese-era sugar companies in Taiwan. In the 1950s and 1960s, sugar was one of the major exports of Taiwan; the corporation remains a major land owner today.
Taiwan's sugar trade, which flourished for almost 400 years, is now a sunset industry. The Taiwan Sugar Corporation has diversified its business into tourism, floriculture, biotechnology, and retailing. It also operates a chain of gas stations and invests in Taiwan High Speed Rail. It also has a number of significant overseas investments. In 2020 Taiwan Sugar Corporation announced plans to close its largest pig farm in Vietnam and instead invest NT$10.7 billion in remodeling and improving its pig farms in Taiwan.

TSC sugar plants

Taiwan Sugar Corporation has five types of developments — Open Bid Construction, Joint Construction, Community Development, Sugar Factory Fields Development, and Student's Dormitory Development. It also owns the Taiwan Sugar Research Institute.

Land ownership

Taisugar owns of land in Taiwan — are for agricultural purpose and are for contract production.