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Following is a reminder of the press releases to be issued between March and May 2014. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2014 was provided to the media in September 2013. No change has been made to the original schedule.
March 2014
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail Sales Statistics for January 2014
7 Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and
Containers for Fourth Quarter 2013
10 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for
Service Industries for Fourth Quarter 2013
13 Construction Output Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2013
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer
Price Index for the Industrial Sector for
Fourth Quarter 2013
14 Gross National Income and External Primary
Income Flows for Fourth Quarter 2013
17 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for December 2013 - February 2014
18 Statistics on Trade Involving Outward
Processing in the Mainland of China for
Fourth Quarter 2013
18 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for January 2014
20 Consumer Price Index for February 2014
21 Chain Volume Measures of Gross Domestic
Product by Economic Activity for Fourth
Quarter 2013
21 Employment and Vacancies Statistics for
December 2013
21 Balance of Payments and International
Investment Position Statistics for Fourth
Quarter 2013
25 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
February 2014
27 Wage and Payroll Statistics for December 2013
31 Retail Sales Statistics for February 2014
April 2014
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Date Press Release
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15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for February 2014
22 Unemployment and Underemployment Statistics
for January - March 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for March 2014
25 Business Expectations for Second Quarter 2014
28 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
March 2014
May 2014
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail Sales Statistics for March 2014
2 Restaurant Receipts and Purchases Statistics
for First Quarter 2014
15 Volume and Price Statistics of External
Merchandise Trade for March 2014
16 Gross Domestic Product for First Quarter
2014: data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the First
Quarter of 2014 and Latest GDP and Price
Forecasts for 2014" 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 2014
22 Consumer Price Index for April 2014
27 External Merchandise Trade Statistics for
April 2014
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 2014 and first update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2014 as a whole. The GDP for the first quarter of 2014 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the first quarter of 2014 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2014 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, February 28, 2014
Issued at HKT 11:00
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