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The importance of trade is unquestionable, and our group hopes to apply visual analytics methods to facilitate and share the understanding of trade in the form of an interactive dashboard, to empower users to explore commodity trades in all its complex interdependencies, and changes through time. | The importance of trade is unquestionable, and our group hopes to apply visual analytics methods to facilitate and share the understanding of trade in the form of an interactive dashboard, to empower users to explore commodity trades in all its complex interdependencies, and changes through time. | ||
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| + | 3. Chronology & Geography: Sun-burst plot | ||
=Data Sources= | =Data Sources= | ||
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Overview
Trade is the exchange of goods and services, often with compensation paid by the buyer to the seller.
From the simplest forms of bartering that had been interwoven into the earliest fabric of human history, to the modern-day commodity derivatives traded on virtual exchanges, trade has always been an essential economic activity to mankind.
With various technological advancements that removed geographic boundaries to created a global market, and the embracing of division of labour, comparative advantages and trade dependencies developed over time, entrenching trade as a foundation for national economies and our global society at large.
Voluminous commodities now flow in and out of countries, and data about such movements have proliferated over the years with the application of technology into commodity trading processes and workflows.
The importance of trade is unquestionable, and our group hopes to apply visual analytics methods to facilitate and share the understanding of trade in the form of an interactive dashboard, to empower users to explore commodity trades in all its complex interdependencies, and changes through time.
Proposed Plots
1. EDA: Map plot 2. Relationships: Sankey plot 3. Chronology & Geography: Sun-burst plot
Data Sources
The Global Commodity Trade Statistics data is retrieved from United Nations Statistics Division of the UNData website. The retrieved 8.23 million rows of data between 1988 to 2016 comprises the following information:
- Country Name of Record
- Year in which the trade has taken place
- Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) by World Customs Organization comprising about 5000 commodity groups; each identified by a six digit code
- Description of a particular commodity code
- Flow of Trade (Import, Export)
- Value of Trade in USD
- Weight of the Commodity in Kilograms
- Description of the quantity measurement type given the type of item
- Quantity count of a given item based on the Quantity Name
- Category to identify commodity
URL: Link: http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx
Tools & Packages
References
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