Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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June 2017
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for April 2017
6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
first quarter 2017
9 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
for first quarter 2017
12 Construction output statistics for first quarter 2017
12 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
mainland of China for first quarter 2017
13 Index of industrial production and producer price index
for the industrial sector for first quarter 2017
15 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for first quarter 2017
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
for April 2017
19 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for first quarter 2017
20 Consumer Price Index for May 2017
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
March - May 2017
22 Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2017
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for first quarter 2017
26 External merchandise trade statistics for May 2017
26 Wage and payroll statistics for March 2017
29 Retail sales statistics for May 2017
July 2017
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Date Press Release
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18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for April - June 2017
20 Consumer Price Index for June 2017
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for May 2017
21 Business expectations for third quarter 2017
27 External merchandise trade statistics for June 2017
August 2017
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for June 2017
2 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for
second quarter 2017
10 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for June 2017
10 Mid-year population for 2017
11 Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2017:
data contained in the press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Second Quarter of 2017 and Latest GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2017" 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
May - July 2017
22 Consumer Price Index for July 2017
24 External merchandise trade statistics for July 2017
29 Retail sales statistics for July 2017
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 Half-yearly Economic Report 2017 and second update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second quarter of 2017 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/Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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