Tacqua Amoy

Tacqua Amoy was a merchant from Amoy who conducted his business in Canton. He traded in wide range of products, but was specialized in porcelain business. He was active from the 1730s to 1760s.

At the time only Hong merchants were licensed to trade directly with foreigners, and although Tacqua was not officially licensed to trade with foreigners, he appears in the documents of foreign firms. Tacqua probably had to channel the transactions through one of the licensed Hong merchants, which meant paying them a commission. He did most of his trade with Dutch and Danish companies.