Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Antwerp a matsayin entrepôt ya riga ya ragu kafin tashin hankali, kuma kafin faduwar Antwerp
, wanda ya rufe makomarsa a matsayin babban cibiyar kasuwanci. Amma mutuwarsa ta fara wani rikici na sauran tashar jiragen ruwa da ke son karɓar muhimmin aikin tattalin arzikinta, kuma Amsterdam (da kuma wasu manyan tashar jiragen ruwa na Dutch kamar Rotterdam da Enkhuizen) sun yi nasarar yin hakan, kodayake ba a yanke shawara ba cewa wannan kyautar ba za ta je London, Bremen ko Hamburg ba. Duk da haka, yanayin siyasa na Revolt mai yiwuwa ya taimaka wa 'yan kasuwa na Calvinist na Antwerp da suka yi hijira suka zauna kusa da' yan'uwansu na arewacin, kuma suka kawo kuɗin su tare da su. Mafi muhimmanci, duk da haka, dole ne ya kasance amfanin Amsterdam, wanda ya riga ya ba shi matsayi mai ƙarfi a cikin kasuwancin Baltic: wadatar jigilar kayayyaki da aiki, ƙananan farashin ma'amala, da ingantattun kasuwanni.