Timber, dyes, minerals.
Their real success is that they diversified into carriage trade - carrying goods and slaves between other locations and creaming off the profit.
Timber, dyes, foodstuffs, minerals, jewels.
The Phonecians
They moved trade goods, protected by effective war fleets.
As an easier means of exchange than trade goods.
Their trading ability and the ability to ship goods for trade.
For consumption and trade.
The Phoenicians were a people who became prosperous through international trade.
It was a container for their wet and dry goods - for home consumption and for trade.
For consumption or carry-trade.
After initially trading their own goods, they spread into carriage trade, moving others' goods between them and taking a profit on the deal. Therefore they would trade anything, including animals.
They moved from trading their own limited goods to the carriage trade - moving other peoples' goods between them and taking a profit from it.
To use and consume the products, and use the slaves. However the trade they profited most from was the carriage trade - taking goods and slaves between other places and making a handsome profit on the resale transaction.