Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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April 2017
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Date Press Release
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20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for February 2017
21 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
January - March 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for March 2017
21 Business expectations for second quarter 2017
25 External merchandise trade statistics for March 2017
May 2017
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Date Press Release
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5 Retail sales statistics for March 2017
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
first quarter 2017
11 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for March 2017
12 Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2017:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the First Quarter of 2017
and Latest GDP and Price Forecasts for 2017"
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 2017
23 Consumer Price Index for April 2017
25 External merchandise trade statistics for April 2017
June 2017
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for April 2017
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for first quarter 2017
9 Quarterly business receipts indices for service
industries for first quarter 2017
12 Construction output statistics for first quarter 2017
12 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
the mainland of China for first quarter 2017
13 Index of industrial production and producer price
index for the industrial sector for first quarter 2017
15 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for first quarter 2017
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for April 2017
19 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product
by economic activity for first quarter 2017
20 Consumer Price Index for May 2017
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
March - May 2017
22 Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2017
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for first quarter 2017
26 External merchandise trade statistics for May 2017
26 Wage and payroll statistics for March 2017
29 Retail sales statistics for May 2017
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 2017 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2017 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/Friday, March 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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