Complex networks analysis of international import-export trade

International trade represent one of the main driving forces of the economy, while there are still some patterns regarding the major players in this field. Our research attempts to uncover the global import-export market by using techniques based on complex networks analysis on publicly available data. Based on our previous research and the data regarding economic cycles, we identify the links between the globally distributed companies (zaibatsu-like) and the fluctuations of the stock market. We provide a numerical proof of the correlation between the metric of betweenness from CNA and the influence of the company on the international market.