The first permanent British settlement in South Carolina was founded in 1670. It would later become the city of Charleston. Settlers were soon moving into the region to grow crops on large plantations. In order to work the plantations they brought in slaves from Africa.

The State is divided into four distinct geographic areas – the Sea Islands, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Piedmont Plateau, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Low-lying chain of more than hundreds of sea islands front South Carolina’s deeply indented south-eastern Atlantic coastline.

The Atlantic Coastal Plain covers the remaining two-thirds of the state, extending west from the ocean, where the land is generally flat and includes rivers and swamps. The coastline also features sandy beaches such as Myrtle Beach. Farther inland are fertile hills.

Climate and Geography The Southern Colonies enjoyed warm climate with hot summers and mild winters. Geography ranged from coastal plains in the east to piedmont farther inland. The westernmost regions were mountainous. The soil was perfect for farming and the growing season was longer than in any other region.

South Carolina became one of the wealthiest early colonies largely due to exports of cotton, rice, tobacco, and indigo dye. Much of the colony’s economy was dependent upon the stolen labor of enslaved people that supported large land operations similar to plantations.

Much the best studied of the three colonies is South Carolina, which enjoyed spectacular economic growth in the second quarter of the 18th century as exports of slave-produced rice and indigo soared to meet the demands of expanding European markets.

The most lucrative outbound cargoes were cotton, tobacco, and turpentine, carried by the blockade-runners to Bermuda and Nassau, then shipped to England and other European destinations.

EU Top 100 Most Valuable Exported Products

Europe produces over 100 million tons of 5 different food commodities: wheat, milk, sugar beets, corn and potatoes. Pork is the most produced animal protein in Europe followed by chicken and beef.

The Europeans came to India to trade for sugar, tea, cotton, ginger, pepper, and other spices, a blue dye called indigo, and jute. Jute is a tropical plant used for making rope.

In 2019, the top 5 EU import products were computer, electronic and optical products, crude petroleum and natural gas (both 13 % of total imports), chemicals & chemical products (7 %), machinery & equipment and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (both 6 %).

So, there is a big demand for organic chemicals in EU, historically the main supplier has been China….This is a great export opportunity for Indians.

• Garment and textile.
• Clothes and footwear.
• 4. Fruits.
• Rice.
• Spices and herbs.
• Mustard and mustard oil.
• Peanuts and nuts.
• Vegetables.

Top 5 Categories of Goods Most Imported Into the U.S.

• Machinery (including computers): $379.04B (14.76% of total imports)
• Electrical machinery: $352.31B (13.72% of total imports)
• Vehicles: $310.09B (12.07% of total imports)
• Mineral fuels: $210.11B (8.18% of total imports)

Its top three import product categories are the same for the U.S. overall: Machinery & Electrical, followed by Miscellaneous, then Textiles. From January to June 2020, these three categories made up a combined 50% of China’s exports to the U.S. and roughly 41% of overall U.S. imports.