What

Spices  Coffee  Wine 

products did
they trade
Sugarcane  Silk, cotton, Precious metals and
porcelain, and gems 
textiles.
Where did they
settle?
• Begun operating in India, and in South Asia.
• Over the next century, it expanded its operations to
Mauritius and South Africa, as well as Indonesia,
India, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and
Vietnam.
• Head quarters in Today’s Indonesia
 Dividends promised were
higher that profits made 1730

Decline –
Financial
Living off short term loans
issues

Bankruptcy
Decline – circumstantial issues
War and illness killed highly underpaid VOC staff
Produce was not as fresh as the British East India companies