Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between January and March 2018.  The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2018 was provided to the media in September 2017. No change has been made to the original schedule.

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)

March 2018
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Date     Press Release
-----     ----------------
2          Retail sales statistics for January 2018
6          Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
            fourth quarter 2017
9          Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
            for fourth quarter 2017
12        Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2017
12        Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
            mainland of China for fourth quarter 2017
13        Index of industrial production and producer price index
            for the industrial sector for fourth quarter 2017
16        Gross National Income and external primary income flows
            for fourth quarter 2017
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            December 2017 - February 2018
20        Consumer Price Index for February 2018
20        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
            for January 2018
20        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
            economic activity for fourth quarter 2017
22        Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2017
22        Balance of Payments and International Investment Position 
            statistics for fourth quarter 2017
27        External merchandise trade statistics for February 2018
27        Wage and payroll statistics for December 2017

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/Friday, December 29, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00

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