Abstract:

The paper built the global bamboo products trade networks from 2017 to 2019 according to social network analysis methods,and studied the trade network from four aspects:overall network characte-ristics,network centrality,blocks,and main trade countries. The results showed that the overall densities of the five networks were relatively sparse,while the connectivity,diffusion,stability and concentration of the bamboo products trade network were relatively strong. The "core-periphery" feature of the degree centrality of the network nodes was obvious. Compared with the import network,the bamboo products export market was more concentrated. Each of the five networks can be divided into four blocks,and block 1 was always a two-way spillover block with close internal and external trade relations. The networks of major bamboo products trading countries presented a star-shaped distribution with China as the core,and trade relations mainly occurred among Asia,America and Europe. The Asia-Pacific "trade circle" with China as the core and the European and American "trade circle" with the United States as the core were the two most important communities in the current global bamboo products trade network.

Key words: bamboo products, trade network, social network analysis