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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between July and September 2013. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2013 was provided to the media in September 2012. No change has been made to the original schedule.
July 2013
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for May 2013
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for April - June 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for May 2013
19 Business Expectations for Third Quarter 2013*
22 Consumer Price Index for June 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
June 2013
* Formerly known as Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey
August 2013
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for June 2013
1 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Second Quarter 2013
13 Mid-year Population for 2013
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for June 2013
16 Gross Domestic Product for Second Quarter
2013: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Second
Quarter of 2013 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2013" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for May - July 2013
20 Consumer Price Index for July 2013
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
July 2013
(Note) The Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Half-yearly Economic Report 2013 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2013 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2013 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
September 2013
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for July 2013
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Second Quarter 2013
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Second Quarter 2013
12 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Second Quarter 2013
12 Construction Output Statistics for Second
Quarter 2013
13 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Second Quarter 2013
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for June - August 2013
17 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Second Quarter 2013
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for July 2013
23 Consumer Price Index for August 2013
23 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
June 2013
23 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Second
Quarter 2013
24 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Second
Quarter 2013
24 Wage and Payroll Statistics for June 2013
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
August 2013
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2013 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Friday, June 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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