They would under the navigation act of 1817, but they wouldn't in a seceded CSA.
Foreign ships because they could not move cargo from one U.S. port to another even if their had been any, U.S. ships because what was there to take to the southern port?
The market would sort itself out. The Northerners, not having the previous supply of money they used to have, would buy less, and the Southerners, having substantially more money than they did before, would buy more.
What would they buy? Dunno, but I do know they would buy stuff because what else would they do with the money?
What exactly would they be bringing to the Confederacy that they didn't before the war?
The Northerners, not having the previous supply of money they used to have, would buy less, and the Southerners, having substantially more money than they did before, would buy more.
Wishful thinking on your part I would think. Losing the south for four years during the rebellion and for several years afterwards did not appear to reduce the flow of imports, if tariff revenue for 1864 and later are any indication.
What would they buy? Dunno, but I do know they would buy stuff because what else would they do with the money?
What they always did. Buy more slaves.