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Scottish trade in the seventeenth century Most of the staple exports to the Netherlands -hides, cloth, wool, and plaiding -continued to go from traditional east-coast ports like Leith, but their volume fell sharply, especially after 1685. Coal, from the ports of Bo'ness, Culross and Kirkcaldy, mostly went to Rotterdam until demand for it there collapsed in the 1670s and 1680s; the still large number of cargoes shown here were probably trans-shipped .. .~ ... .. ....., .... .. ..... \ ...... . . . . . . . .... . ) ....... . . . . . . I.·.·.·.· . . . . . . . Other countries 46.5% from there to Flanders. Some coal also went to Normandy, but the bulk ofexports to France was made upoffish from the Clyde and the Forth and woollen and linen cloth from the west country -until 168990 when a ban on imports of herring and cloth and punitive tariffs on coal imposed by the French government sharply reduced trade, with severe consequences, especially for the Forth ports. Percentage of Ships departing from Scotland 1680 to 1686 150 1000 500 Total number of ships departing from Scotland 1680 to 1686 FRANCE Number of ships departing from Scotland to Netherlands, ML Flanders and France 1680 to 1686, by burgh 280Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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