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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between February and April 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.
February 2013
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Date Press Release
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19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for December 2012
19 Year-end Population for 2012
21 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for November 2012 - January 2013
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
January 2013
27 Gross Domestic Product for Fourth Quarter
2012 and the whole year of 2012: data
contained in the Budget supporting documents
(Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the whole year of 2012 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the Budget Speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 27, 2013. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the whole year of 2012 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
March 2013
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2013
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2012
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2012
12 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2012
14 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Fourth Quarter 2012
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2013
14 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2012
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for December 2012 - February 2013
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2012
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2012
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2012
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2013
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2012
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2013
26 Wage and Payroll Statistics for December 2012
April 2013
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2013
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for January - March 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2013
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2013
26 Business Expectations for Second Quarter
2013*
* Formerly known as Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey
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/Thursday, January 31, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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