Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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November 2016
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for September 2016
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
third quarter 2016
10 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for September 2016
11 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2016: data
contained in the press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Third Quarter of 2016 and Latest GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2016" issued by the Economic
Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business
Facilitation Unit under the Financial Secretary's Office
(Note)
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
August - October 2016
22 Consumer Price Index for October 2016
24 External merchandise trade statistics for October 2016
December 2016
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for October 2016
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
third quarter 2016
9 Quarterly Business Receipts Indices for service industries
for third quarter 2016
12 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2016
13 Index of Industrial Production and Producer Price Index
for the industrial sector for third quarter 2016
15 Gross National Income and External Primary Income Flows
for third quarter 2016
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
for October 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
September - November 2016
19 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
mainland of China for third quarter 2016
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2016
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2016
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for third quarter 2016
20 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for third quarter 2016
29 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2016
29 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2016
January 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for November 2016
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for November 2016
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
October - December 2016
20 Business expectations for first quarter 2017
23 Consumer Price Index for December 2016
26 External merchandise trade statistics for December 2016
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 2016 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2016 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2016 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2016 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/Monday, October 31, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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