Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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
July 2017
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Date Press Release
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18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
April - June 2017
20 Consumer Price Index for June 2017
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for May 2017
21 Business expectations for third quarter 2017
27 External merchandise trade statistics for June 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, April 28, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:15
Issued at HKT 11:15
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