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The following is a reminder of the releases to be issued in the coming three months (May - July 2003). The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2003 was provided to the mass media in September 2002. No change has been made to the original schedule.
May 2003
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Date Press Release
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2 Orders-on-hand statistics for March 2003
6 External merchandise trade statistics classified by
country/territory and commodity for March 2003
6 Retail sales statistics for March 2003
12 Domestic export statistics classified by industrial
origin for 1st quarter 2003
16 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
1st quarter 2003
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
Feb - Apr 2003
23 Consumer Price Index for April 2003
23 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for March 2003
27 External merchandise trade aggregate figures
for April 2003
30 Gross Domestic Product for 1st quarter 2003:
data contained in the press release entitled
"Economic Situation in the First Quarter of 2003 and
Updated GDP and Price Forecasts for 2003" issued by
the Economic Analysis Division of the Financial
Services and the Treasury Bureau (Note)
Note: The Economic Analysis Division of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau will issue a press release on the First Quarter Economic Report 2003 and first update of GDP and price forecasts for 2003 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2003 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
June 2003
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Date Press Release
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2 Orders-on-hand statistics for April 2003
5 External merchandise trade statistics classified by
country/territory and commodity for April 2003
6 Retail sales statistics for April 2003
10 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
1st quarter 2003
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
Mar - May 2003
19 Construction output statistics for 1st quarter 2003
19 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service
industries for 1st quarter 2003
19 Quarterly Index of Industrial Production and
Quarterly Producer Price Indices for manufacturing
industries for 1st quarter 2003
20 Gross National Product and External Factor Income Flows
for 1st quarter 2003
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2003
20 International investment position statistics for 2002
23 Consumer Price Index for May 2003
24 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for April 2003
24 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
the mainland of China for 1st quarter 2003
26 External merchandise trade aggregate figures for May 2003
26 Balance of Payments statistics for 1st quarter 2003
26 Quarterly constant price Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for 1st quarter 2003
27 Payroll and wage statistics for 1st quarter 2003
July 2003
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Date Press Release
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4 Orders-on-hand statistics for May 2003
4 External merchandise trade statistics classified by
country/territory and commodity for May 2003
7 Retail sales statistics for May 2003
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
Apr - Jun 2003
22 Consumer Price Index for June 2003
24 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for May 2003
25 External merchandise trade aggregate figures for June 2003
If required, the schedule for releases in the remaining months of 2003 can also be obtained from the General Statistics Section (1)A of the Census and Statistics Department. (Telephone no.: 2582 4661).
End/Wednesday, April 30, 2003
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