Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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
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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
April 2018
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for February 2018
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
January - March 2018
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for February 2018
20 Business expectations for second quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2018
26 External merchandise trade statistics for March 2018
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/Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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