<Tr> <Th> Headquarters </Th> <Td> Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (global headquarters) Batavia, Dutch East Indies (second headquarters / overseas administrative center) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Area served </Th> <Td> Europe - Asia (Eurasia) Intra-Asia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Key people </Th> <Td> Heeren XVII / Gentlemen Seventeen (Dutch Republic, 1602--1799) Governors - General of the Dutch East Indies (Batavia, 1610--1800) Opperhoofd </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Products </Th> <Td> Spice, silk, porcelain, metals, livestock, tea, grains (rice, soybeans), sugarcane industry, shipbuilding industry </Td> </Tr>

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