Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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December 2017
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Date Press Release
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5 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for third quarter 2017
11 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
for third quarter 2017
11 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2017
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
mainland of China for third quarter 2017
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index
for industrial sector for third quarter 2017
14 Gross National Income and external primary income flows
for third quarter 2017
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
September - November 2017
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
for October 2017
19 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2017
21 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product
by economic activity for third quarter 2017
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for third quarter 2017
28 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2017
28 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2017
January 2018
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for November 2017
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
October - December 2017
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for November 2017
19 Business expectations for first quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for December 2017
25 External merchandise trade statistics for December 2017
February 2018
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for December 2017
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
fourth quarter 2017
13 Year-end population for 2017
13 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for December 2017
22 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
November 2017 - January 2018
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2018
27 External merchandise trade statistics for January 2018
28 Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 2017 and
the whole year of 2017: data contained in the Budget
supporting documents (Note)
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2017 and the whole year of 2017 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 28, 2018. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2017 and the whole year 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 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Thursday, November 30, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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