Did the french trade indian ivory for chinese tea?

Question:Yes they did trade- Trading history below with 2 links. The first link is better.
**Anglo-Indian ivory and Chinese export lacquer caddies were brought from The end of the 18th century. However serious importation did not start until the beginning of the 19th century

*** The final breakthrough came at the turn of the century. From 1699 English ships traded at the great city of Canton on the Pearl River almost every year, and from 1715 the Chinese government made Canton the only port for foreign TRADE. The English were eventually joined there by the merchants of the FRENCH, Dutch, Austrian (or Ostend), Danish and Swedish East India Companies, as well as country ships from India and the Americas after 1784. But for once the English Company was in first and remained leader of the pack.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Yes they did trade- Trading history below with 2 links. The first link is better.
**Anglo-Indian ivory and Chinese export lacquer caddies were brought from The end of the 18th century. However serious importation did not start until the beginning of the 19th century

*** The final breakthrough came at the turn of the century. From 1699 English ships traded at the great city of Canton on the Pearl River almost every year, and from 1715 the Chinese government made Canton the only port for foreign TRADE. The English were eventually joined there by the merchants of the FRENCH, Dutch, Austrian (or Ostend), Danish and Swedish East India Companies, as well as country ships from India and the Americas after 1784. But for once the English Company was in first and remained leader of the pack.

Yes. so did I