this wasn’t my answer but if it helps
The importance in trade to the Islamic culture is because of the trades they made. They developed the maritime Silk Roads. Muslims were known to have a commercial talent notably encouraged by Islam, as well as excellent sailing skills.
The relationship between cost of producing goods and the benefits of trading goods is that, trading goods is a form of cultural diffusion. The cost of producing goods cost money but you money or trade in return. It mainly depends on the demand of how many people want it if it has a high demand and everyone wants to buy it and it sells out fast. Then they will make more and not really care that much about the cost. The benefits of trading with others in is that you get new technology and new ways of doing things. You also get more of things so say if your country only had wheat and corn then you could trade that with a country that has not wheat or corn. Its a benefit because everyone gets what they need and they also get new technology and new ideas from other civilizations.
