Its cheap
food
ivory gold and other metals
Well, Timbuktu mainly traded salt,gold and ivory...the gold was sometimes used for their currency, but merchants normally traded it for its rich value. Salt came from Northern Africa, in the Sahara and gold was found in Western Africa.
Slaves in Africa were traded primarily for goods such as textiles, beads, weapons, alcohol, and other commodities. The transatlantic slave trade involved the exchange of slaves for manufactured goods, rum, firearms, and other items by European colonizers.
Some of the items they traded were spices,gems e.t.c
The East African Civilizations mainly traded in Agricultural produce such as coffee and tea. Special trophy items such as rhino horns and tortoise shells were also a common feature in the markets.
probably gold, food, and other resources they don't need. They also might of traded explores things that they saw that they wanted.
Common trading items were: ivory tusks of elephants, skins of various animals, spices, and the trading norm for other continents/countries.
They traded plants and animals and tobacco
Items that are commonly taxed include:beeralcohol / spiritscigarettes
123
They traded items that the have a surplus of for items that they cannot get.