The Guipuzcoana Company's commercial policy regarding tobacco was different, taking into account the specific circumstances of this product, since it was mainly Cuban tobacco that was consumed in the metropolis at that time. For this reason, the original plan of the Guipuzcoana de Caracas Company had planned to enter into contracts with the Dutch to sell Caracas tobacco through the Company and thus destined it for the Amsterdam market. The reality was different: the Caracas Company made several agreements with Amsterdam tobacco merchants, but a large part of the leaf remained in Dutch hands, always through contraband, more or less with the consent of Guipuzcoana society itself. This approach reflected a fairly realistic view of the deep-rooted nature of smuggling, so much so that the Company "shared" with the Dutch some of the advantages it offered to the commercialization of colonial goods and also of the European goods that the Dutch brought to Caracas via Curacao. This was not a bad option, since the Guipuzcoan company chose to dedicate most of its resources to cocoa rather than tobacco, as the former provided a higher profit margin. Furthermore, the continued Dutch presence, engaged in smuggling or, more precisely, in trade outside the Spanish mercantilist , had its advantages for the Guipuzcoan company. Through Curaçao, the population of Caracas was able to obtain supplies of flour from Holland (if not North America), as well as clothing and other goods, which the Company would otherwise have had to acquire in Europe, at a higher cost. Not to mention the need for this supply route in wartime, when the trading company had to meet the needs of the army in its services to the monarch.