Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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March 2017
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for January 2017
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
fourth quarter 2016
9 Quarterly business receipts indices for service
industries for fourth quarter 2016
10 Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2016
13 Index of industrial production and producer price
index for the industrial sector for fourth quarter 2016
13 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
the mainland of China for fourth quarter 2016
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
December 2016 - February 2017
17 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for fourth quarter 2016
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for January 2017
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for fourth quarter 2016
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2017
21 Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2016
23 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for fourth quarter 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for February 2017
27 Wage and payroll statistics for December 2016
30 Retail sales statistics for February 2017
April 2017
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Date Press Release
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20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for February 2017
21 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
January - March 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2017
21 Business expectations for second quarter 2017
25 External merchandise trade statistics for March 2017
May 2017
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Date Press Release
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5 Retail sales statistics for March 2017
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
first quarter 2017
11 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for March 2017
12 Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2017: data
contained in the press release entitled "Economic
situation in first quarter of 2017 and latest GDP and
price forecasts for 2017" 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
February - April 2017
23 Consumer Price Index for April 2017
25 External merchandise trade statistics for April 2017
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 First Quarter Economic Report 2017 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2017 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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