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Grain Inland Traders
Grain re-exporters (or merchant carriers) are grain merchants who engage in the carrying trade, buying from one foreign country in order to sell in another. Trade restrictions made them virtually nonexistent in 18th century Britain. In theory, they can enrich their home countries by occasionally selling to the domestic market.
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Grain Re-Exporters Character Timeline in The Wealth of Nations
The timeline below shows where the character Grain Re-Exporters appears in The Wealth of Nations. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 4, Chapter 5
...praise they receive. There are four kinds of grain merchants: inland traders, importers, exporters, and re-exporters (who engage in the carrying trade).
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Merchant carriers , who import grain and then re-export it, are the fourth and final kind of...
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