The Identification of Total Exports Peak Periods for Shaanxi Province

Abstract:

The seasonal fluctuation of total exports has significant impact on foreign trade growth. Based on the methods of Directional Statistics, total exports at customs of Shaanxi Province are analyzed from 2007 to 2010. Distribution types are ascertained by using von Mises distribution test, which is submitting to unimodal von Mises distribution. Correspondingly, the result indicated that the total exports in Shaanxi Province has a character of seasonal fluctuation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 479-481)
• Pages: 426-429
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.479-481.426
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Yu Zheng, Juan Zhang
• Keywords: Peak Periods, Total Exports, Von Mises Distributions

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