Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between April and June 2017. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2017 was provided to the media in September 2016. No change has been made to the original schedule.

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 the 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

June 2017
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Date       Press Release
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1            Retail sales statistics for April 2017
6            Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
              for first quarter 2017
9            Quarterly business receipts indices for service
              industries for first quarter 2017
12          Construction output statistics for first quarter 2017
12          Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
              the mainland of China for first quarter 2017
13          Index of industrial production and producer price
              index for the industrial sector for first quarter 2017
15          Gross National Income and external primary income
              flows for first quarter 2017
15          Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
              trade for April 2017
19          Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product        
              by economic activity for first quarter 2017
20          Consumer Price Index for May 2017
20          Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
              March - May 2017
22          Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2017
22          Balance of Payments and International Investment
              Position statistics for first quarter 2017
26          External merchandise trade statistics for May 2017
26          Wage and payroll statistics for March 2017
29          Retail sales statistics for May 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/Friday, March 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00

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