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It is not obvious, and I had trouble understanding that.
"Exported goods" are actually "Goods which are available for export".
The may get sold in the Global Market, or not. It depends on Global Supply and Demand - and on your prestige.
So if the game tells you that you are "exporting" a good, that does not necessarily mean you are making a profit. You might actually be wasting raw materials and losing money on that good.
For instance, picking Great Britain in 1861, you will find out you are "exporting" lumber. What you are exporting is exactly your Total Production, including spherelings' production (the "Available for our country" statistics) minus the "Total Used" statistics : 449 - 314 = 135. (the result is clean since spherelings are not using that good).
Notice also that the "Need 76.73 for producers" statistics applies only to factories - artisans are not considered. What counts is only the "Total Used" statistics.
The statistics Need X for producers does not take artisans into account.
You will find out, though, that Global Supply for lumber exceeds Global Demand (e.g. 2225 > 1840). Notice that Global Supply includes your total production - you can confirm that by closing all of your lumber factories and see the Global Supply go down.
Because of high supply at least some of the lumber you are exporting is not getting sold. You don't believe that ? Pick a factory and find out.
Some of the exported lumber is not getting sold - it is impossible to tell how much of it, since half of it is being produced by artisans. In this case we are Great Britain and have the highest prestige, it would be worse for a country having low prestige. The factories are still making a profit.
There are situations instead when all of the exported good is sold easily. That happens when Global Demand exceeds Global Supply for that good. For instance, in the case of "Regular Clothes", also Britain 1861.
Regular Clothes have very high Global Demand (3443,104) but very low Global Supply (1143). So it is not worrying that Britain is not selling all of the regular clothes in the internal market.
Exported goods are 406-356 = 50. Notice that the statistics "Need 2.12 for producers" is wrong here too - it does not count artisans. And we don't care that we "Need 1242.60 for pops" - if they don't have the money to buy it. The clothes the pops actually buy are less. The only statistics that counts, as far as internal demand is concerned, is "Total Used".
The "Need X for pops" statistics won't tell you how much of a good will actually be bought.
What happens to the Regular Clothes who are available for export? In this case, they get sold, since Global Demand exceeds Global Supply. You will find out the factories sell all of their production.
Update : How much of the good was actually sold is possibly to be found in the "Market Activity" table, but I have to fully verify it yet.
It is not obvious, and I had trouble understanding that.
"Exported goods" are actually "Goods which are available for export".
The may get sold in the Global Market, or not. It depends on Global Supply and Demand - and on your prestige.
So if the game tells you that you are "exporting" a good, that does not necessarily mean you are making a profit. You might actually be wasting raw materials and losing money on that good.
For instance, picking Great Britain in 1861, you will find out you are "exporting" lumber. What you are exporting is exactly your Total Production, including spherelings' production (the "Available for our country" statistics) minus the "Total Used" statistics : 449 - 314 = 135. (the result is clean since spherelings are not using that good).
Notice also that the "Need 76.73 for producers" statistics applies only to factories - artisans are not considered. What counts is only the "Total Used" statistics.
The statistics Need X for producers does not take artisans into account.
You will find out, though, that Global Supply for lumber exceeds Global Demand (e.g. 2225 > 1840). Notice that Global Supply includes your total production - you can confirm that by closing all of your lumber factories and see the Global Supply go down.
Because of high supply at least some of the lumber you are exporting is not getting sold. You don't believe that ? Pick a factory and find out.
Some of the exported lumber is not getting sold - it is impossible to tell how much of it, since half of it is being produced by artisans. In this case we are Great Britain and have the highest prestige, it would be worse for a country having low prestige. The factories are still making a profit.
There are situations instead when all of the exported good is sold easily. That happens when Global Demand exceeds Global Supply for that good. For instance, in the case of "Regular Clothes", also Britain 1861.
Regular Clothes have very high Global Demand (3443,104) but very low Global Supply (1143). So it is not worrying that Britain is not selling all of the regular clothes in the internal market.
Exported goods are 406-356 = 50. Notice that the statistics "Need 2.12 for producers" is wrong here too - it does not count artisans. And we don't care that we "Need 1242.60 for pops" - if they don't have the money to buy it. The clothes the pops actually buy are less. The only statistics that counts, as far as internal demand is concerned, is "Total Used".
The "Need X for pops" statistics won't tell you how much of a good will actually be bought.
What happens to the Regular Clothes who are available for export? In this case, they get sold, since Global Demand exceeds Global Supply. You will find out the factories sell all of their production.
Update : How much of the good was actually sold is possibly to be found in the "Market Activity" table, but I have to fully verify it yet.
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