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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between March and May 2013. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2013 was provided to the media in September 2012. No change has been made to the original schedule.
March 2013
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2013
8 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2012
11 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2012
12 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2012
14 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Fourth Quarter 2012
14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2013
14 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2012
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for December 2012 - February 2013
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2012
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2012
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2012
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2013
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2012
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2013
26 Wage and Payroll Statistics for December 2012
April 2013
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2013
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for January - March 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2013
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2013
26 Business Expectations for Second Quarter
2013*
* Formerly known as Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency Survey
May 2013
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2013
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for First Quarter 2013
9 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2013
10 Gross Domestic Product for First Quarter
2013: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the First
Quarter of 2013 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2013" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis
and Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for February - April 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for April 2013
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
April 2013
30 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2013
(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 2013 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2013 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2013 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2013 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Thursday, February 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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