Produce beer, perhaps, for the trading centre (5)
I believe the answer is:
breed
'produce' is the definition.
(breeding is a kind of producing)
'beer perhaps for the trading centre' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'centre' indicates the central letters.
The middle of 'trading' is 'd'.
'beer' with letters rearranged gives 'bree'.
'bree'+'d'='BREED'
(Other definitions for breed that I've seen before include "Livestock classification" , "Rear; variety" , "Generate" , "Mate and have offspring" , "Produce children" .)