The price of cloves and other spices was strong, demand was high and the manufactured goods these raw materials were traded for seemed to decrease in price every year as assembly line production techniques became common in the West.
Bei ya karafuu na viungo vyengine ilikuwa juu, mahitaji yalikuwa makubwa na bidhaa za viwandani ambayo vitu hivi zilifanyiwa biashara zilionyesha kushuka kupungua kila mwaka, kwa vile vitendea kazi na mbinu za kutendea kazi vilikuwa rahisi katika nchi za Magharibi.