Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between April and June 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.

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

June 2018
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Date     Press Release
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5          Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
            for first quarter 2018
11        Quarterly business receipts indices for service
            industries for first quarter 2018
11        Construction output statistics for first quarter 2018
11        Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the 
            mainland of China for first quarter 2018
14        Index of industrial production and producer price index
            for the industrial sector for first quarter 2018
14        Gross National Income and external primary income flows
            for first quarter 2018
14        Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade 
            for April 2018
19        Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
            March - May 2018
19        Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
            economic activity for first quarter 2018
21        Consumer Price Index for May 2018
21        Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2018
22        Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
            statistics for first quarter 2018
26        External merchandise trade statistics for May 2018
26        Wage and payroll statistics for March 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/Thursday, March 29, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00

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