Which are the functions performed by supply merchants in export trade?

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Supply merchants linked the port towns to the inland regions.

They gave advances to weavers, procured the woven cloth from wearing villagers and carried the supply to the ports.

At ports, they had brokers who negotiated the price and bought goods from the supply merchants who were operating inland.

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answer is D.

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In this network of export trade, a wide range of Indian merchants and bankers participated by providing funding for production, transporting goods, and supplying exporters. The inland areas were connected to the port towns through supply merchants. They transported the materials to the ports, provided advances to weavers, and purchased the woven fabric from weaving communities. Large shippers and exporters had brokers at the port who negotiated prices and purchased items from supply merchants operating inland. This network, run by Indian traders, was disintegrating by the 1750s.

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