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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between April and June 2014. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2014 was provided to the media in September 2013. No change has been made to the original schedule.
April 2014
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Date Press Release
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15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2014
22 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for January - March 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2014
25 Business Expectations for Second
Quarter 2014
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for March 2014
May 2014
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2014
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases
Statistics for First Quarter 2014
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2014
16 Gross Domestic Product for First
Quarter 2014: data contained in the
press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the First Quarter of 2014
and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for
2014" issued by the Economic Analysis
Division of the Economic Analysis and
Business Facilitation Unit under the
Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
19 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for February - April 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2014
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for April 2014
June 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for April 2014
9 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for First Quarter 2014
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices
for Service Industries for First
Quarter 2014
12 Construction Output Statistics for
First Quarter 2014
13 Index of Industrial Production and
Producer Price Index for the
Industrial Sector for First Quarter 2014
13 Gross National Income and External
Primary Income Flows for
First Quarter 2014
17 Unemployment and Underemployment
Statistics for March - May 2014
19 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
First Quarter 2014
19 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for April 2014
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for
First Quarter 2014
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
March 2014
23 Consumer Price Index for May 2014
23 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for
First Quarter 2014
26 External Merchandise Trade Statistics
for May 2014
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for
March 2014
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 2014 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2014 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2014 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2014 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2014 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Monday, March 31, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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