 On the eve of the French Revolution, salt was imported from Le Croisic along with British grain, and Littry coal.Exports were mainly to Britain (sheets and cloths) and the West Indies (cattle and mules, fat and salted butter, salted meats, cod, linens and canvas), but also to Le Havre and La Rochelle for wood and coal.Lawful or otherwise exchanges also took place with the Channel Islands (tanbark, grain and wool).