What were the features of trade in the 17th century?

For Europeans in the 17th century, the following features of trade can be distinguished:
The withdrawal of colonial goods from the Western Hemisphere to Europe increased due to the participation of the British and the Dutch, more tobacco began to be brought from Virginia and also sugarcane, ship timber and other goods.
Japan in the early 17th century began a policy of isolation, of the Europeans only the Dutch could trade with it, they had a trading post there.
Major shopping centers were Seville, Lisbon, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Riga.

For Russia, the following features can be distinguished:
There was no merchant marine fleet, only a river one. Trade with Europe through Arkhangelsk on foreign ships.
Trade with China and Mongolia began, for example, around 1640 tea came to Moscow, and the first caravan was sent to China in 1668.
The New Trade Charter appeared in 1667.
An all-Russian market was formed, fairs appeared even beyond the Urals, for example, in Irbit since 1643.
Russia imported metals and products from them, for example, weapons, there were not enough of its own.



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