Why Was It Difficult for East India Company to Produce Regular Supplies of Goods for Export in the Beginning? Explain.

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Due to the following reasons the East India Company was facing difficulty to produce regular supplies of goods for export in the beginning:

  1. There were number of trading companies in India such as French, Dutch and Portuguese who were competing for the woven cloth from the Indian weavers and merchants.
  2. Due to the heavy competition and demand of the woven cloth, the Indian weavers and the supply merchants were keeping the prices high which was not profitable for the East India Company.
  3. The East India Company did not had any exclusive trading rights or monopoly over trade in India.

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