They exported teas<span>, </span>salt<span>, </span>sugar<span>, </span>porcelain<span>, and </span><span>spices
They imported </span>cotton<span>, </span>ivory<span>, </span>wool<span>, </span>gold<span>, and </span><span>silver</span>
<span>Andrew carnegie and j.p. morgan both were ‘captains’ of steel</span>
not enough craftspoeple could be found to do the work i could be wrong but this is the most probable answer hope i helped even a little bit :)
It was an example of preparedness
