Why does the value of my trade drop to zero?

[unmerged(9604)]

I have five merchants in Malacca that should bring in 84 ducats per year. However they seem to insist on not bringing in any income at all. Alot of people would have commented on this if it was a bug so I am wondering, what is causing this?

 

[unmerged(40278)]

do you really feel the info you've provided allows for a sensible answer?

I have five merchants in Malacca that should bring in 84 ducats per year. However they seem to insist on not bringing in any income at all. Alot of people would have commented on this if it was a bug so I am wondering, what is causing this?

 

[ladybug]

In one of my games as England mecklenburg was getting no money from 5 merchants in a cot I owned in America and it was only me and them in the cot at that time and I was getting money and had not refused trade.

 

[unmerged(70662)]

Did you wait for the end of the month?

 

[ladybug]

I noticed it twice the first time I though it was only because they had just arrived but I looked again later because I had lost a merchant and they still had 0 income

 

[dharper]

I don't know much about trade in EU3, but if it's like EU2, is it possible that the owner of the COT has embargoed you? If so, you will receive no money from trade in their COT(s).

 

[ladybug]

Then how does Mecklenburg (AI) get 0 from an cot controlled by England (me) and I have not refused their trade or been at war with them so the auto refuse thing could not have happened.

 

[Darkrenown]

Blockade?

 

[ladybug]

can a Blockade stop all income for only one country in a cot wile not affecting anyone else in it??

 

[unmerged(19915)]

If you control numerous non-cultural CoTs it will severely reduce your overall trade income.

Check the tooltips: Each non-culture CoT you control reduces your overall trade efficiency by 15%.

 

[Darkrenown]

can a Blockade stop all income for only one country in a cot wile not affecting anyone else in it??

Yes, if the blockage is on the affected nation's ports it won't affect the other nations in the COT.

If you position a fleet in a sea province that
borders an enemy port, it will initiate a blockade.
You will see a graphic appear on the map,
showing a net that encircles the port. Coastal
provinces are assumed to rely heavily on maritime
traffic for their income, so a blockaded
province will generate only 25% of its normal
tax and trade revenues until the blockade can
be lifted.
If the country that owns the port receives
any income from overseas colonies or centers
of trade, and the port belongs to province that
is directly linked to the country’s capital, a
percentage of this overseas income will be captured
by your fleet and be diverted to your own
treasury. If you are able to blockade all of the
enemy’s home ports, you can completely cut off
his overseas income while making a very tidy
profit yourself.

 

[ladybug]

Nice this is going to be a tactic I need to remember.

 

[unmerged(72352)]

If you control numerous non-cultural CoTs it will severely reduce your overall trade income.

Check the tooltips: Each non-culture CoT you control reduces your overall trade efficiency by 15%.

No!!!
This isn't true, man u made a mistake.

non_culture_cot = {
	foreign_merchant_compete_chance = -0.15		#Each non-culture CoT controlled reduces compete chance by 15%