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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between November 2012 and January 2013. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2012 and 2013 were provided to the media in September 2011 and September 2012 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
November 2012
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail Sales Statistics for September 2012
1 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Third Quarter 2012
13 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for September 2012
16 Gross Domestic Product for Third Quarter
2012: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third
Quarter of 2012 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2012" 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 August - October 2012
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2012
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
October 2012
29 Retail Sales Statistics for October 2012
(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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2012 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2012 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2012 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2012 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
December 2012
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Third Quarter 2012
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Third Quarter 2012
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Indices for the Industrial Sector for
Third Quarter 2012
13 Construction Output Statistics for Third
Quarter 2012
14 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows* for Third Quarter 2012
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for October 2012
18 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for September - November 2012
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Third Quarter 2012
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2012
20 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
September 2012
20 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Third
Quarter 2012
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Third
Quarter 2012
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
November 2012
27 Payroll and Wage Statistics for Third
Quarter 2012
* Formerly known as Gross National Product and External Factor Income Flows
January 2013
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for November 2012
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for October - December 2012
17 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for November 2012
18 Results of the Quarterly Business Tendency
Survey for First Quarter 2013
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2012
24 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
December 2012
31 Retail Sales Statistics for December 2012
31 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for Fourth Quarter 2012
If required, the schedule for press releases in the remaining months of 2013 can also be obtained from the department's Technical Secretariat (Tel: 2582 4958).
Ends/Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Issued at HKT 11:00
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