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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between November 2013 and January 2014. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2013 and 2014 were provided to the media in September 2012 and September 2013 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2013
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Date Press Release
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14 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2013
15 Gross Domestic Product for Third Quarter
2013: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third
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)
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for August - October 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for October 2013
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
October 2013
28 Retail Sales Statistics for October 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2013 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2013 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2013 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2013 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2013
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Third Quarter 2013
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Third Quarter 2013
12 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Third Quarter 2013
12 Construction Output Statistics for Third
Quarter 2013
13 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Third Quarter 2013
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for September - November 2013
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2013
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for Third
Quarter 2013
19 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2013
19 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Third
Quarter 2013
20 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Third
Quarter 2013
23 Consumer Price Index for November 2013
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for September 2013
30 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2013
January 2014
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2013
16 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2013
17 Business Expectations for First Quarter 2014
20 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for October - December 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2013
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2013
If required, the schedule for press releases in the other months of 2014 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Thursday, October 31, 2013
Issued at HKT 11:00
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