Clicking a button via IE automation VBA - vba

I have problem clicking the button from VBA using IE.
The page is
http://trademap.org/Country_SelProduct_TS.aspx?nvpm=1|||||TOTAL|||2|1|1|1|2|1|2|1|1
All button I can click, and works fine except Previous/Next period
The control ID is ctl00_PageContent_GridViewPanelControl_ImageButton_Previous
I tried several different methods but nothing worked.
Any help appreciate
Thanks

Is a Javascript controlled button. You will need to use div.FireEvent "onclick" to trigger the event change.

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