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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between April and June 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.
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.
June 2013
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for First Quarter 2013
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for First Quarter 2013
13 Construction Output Statistics for First
Quarter 2013
14 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
First Quarter 2013
17 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for First Quarter 2013
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for March - May 2013
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for First
Quarter 2013
20 Consumer Price Index for May 2013
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for First
Quarter 2013
20 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2013
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for March
2013
24 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for First
Quarter 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for May
2013
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for March 2013
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, March 28, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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