Also...it's actually fun to haul different types of ores, there was this guy with,
3k gold ore
1k niobium ore
0.9k cobalt ore
and he was selling it, just a fun way to do stuff, after mining of course, hauling ore can be more fun than mining+ hauling yourself, I mean if you're into trading. Instead of shooting rocks all day.
also, I don't think the black market munitions thingie isn't used much, I mean...yeah. They could make it a little more profitable so people would actually smuggle that thing around. RP-wise it should be very profitable, as the non-corsair/outcast faction's only way to get equipment is via the black market munitions.
Or they can kill people for em, but the smuggling is easier.