Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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December 2016
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for October 2016
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for third quarter 2016
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service
industries for third quarter 2016
12 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2016
13 Index of industrial production and producer price
index for industrial sector for third quarter 2016
15 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for third quarter 2016
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for October 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
September - November 2016
19 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
the mainland of China for third quarter 2016
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2016
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2016
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for third quarter 2016
20 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for third quarter 2016
29 External merchandise trade statistics for November
2016
29 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2016
January 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for November 2016
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for November 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
October - December 2016
20 Business expectations for first quarter 2017
23 Consumer Price Index for December 2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for December
2016
February 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for December 2016
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
fourth quarter 2016
16 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for December 2016
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
November 2016 - January 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2017
22 Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 2016 and
the whole year of 2016: data contained in the Budget
supporting documents (Note)
27 Year-end population for 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for January 2017
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole year of 2016 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the budget speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 22, 2017. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole year of 2016 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2017 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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