Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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
February 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for December 2016
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
fourth quarter 2016
16 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for December 2016
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
November 2016 - January 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for January 2017
22 Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter 2016 and
the whole year of 2016 : data contained in the Budget
supporting documents (Note)
27 Year-end population for 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for January 2017
March 2017
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for January 2017
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for fourth quarter 2016
9 Quarterly business receipts indices for service
industries for fourth quarter 2016
10 Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2016
13 Index of industrial production and producer price
index for industrial sector for fourth quarter 2016
13 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
mainland of China for fourth quarter 2016
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
December 2016 - February 2017
17 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for fourth quarter 2016
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for January 2017
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for fourth quarter 2016
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2017
21 Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2016
23 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for fourth quarter 2016
27 External merchandise trade statistics for February 2017
27 Wage and payroll statistics for December 2016
30 Retail sales statistics for February 2017
Note: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole year of 2016 together with other supporting materials will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. According to the Financial Secretary's Office, the budget speech is scheduled to be delivered on February 22, 2017. No separate press release on the GDP for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the whole year 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/Friday, December 30, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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