Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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 Office of the
Government Economist 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
July 2018
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for May 2018
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for April - June 2018
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for May 2018
20 Business expectations for third quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for June 2018
26 External merchandise trade statistics for June 2018
Note: The Office of the Government Economist 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/Monday, April 30, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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