Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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
May 2018
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for March 2018
4 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
first quarter 2018
10 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for March 2018
11 Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2018: data
contained in the press release entitled "Economic Situation
in the First Quarter of 2018 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2018" issued by the Economic Analysis
Division of the Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office
(Note)
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
February - April 2018
21 Consumer Price Index for April 2018
28 External merchandise trade statistics for April 2018
31 Retail sales statistics for April 2018
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 2018 and first update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2018 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/Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:22
Issued at HKT 11:22
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