Question

why was the opium and Indigo trade beneficial for the British​

Answer 1

Answer:

Opium trade, in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China. The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West.

Answer 2

Answer:

opium is useful for British as these buy it from India at very low price and force farmers to grow that and then sell it in China and Europen countries at very high cost