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Why was MOLUCCAS important?

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The moluccas had this key lucrative,commodity but had to import most of their foodstuff from other islands : sago and rice , for example came from halmahera , ambon and bacan , cloves were exchanged for clothing , silk porcelain , gold , silver , knives , glass and other items.

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