Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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September 2017
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Date Press Release
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7 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers
for second quarter 2017
11 Quarterly business receipts indices for service
industries for second quarter 2017
11 Construction output statistics for second
quarter 2017
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in
the mainland of China for second quarter 2017
14 Index of industrial production and producer price
index for the industrial sector for second quarter 2017
14 Gross National Income and external primary income
flows for second quarter 2017
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
June - August 2017
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for July 2017
19 Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for August 2017
21 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for second quarter 2017
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment
Position statistics for second quarter 2017
26 External merchandise trade statistics for August 2017
26 Wage and payroll statistics for June 2017
October 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for August 2017
17 Volume and price statistics of external
merchandise trade for August 2017
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics
for July - September 2017
20 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2017
23 Consumer Price Index for September 2017
26 External merchandise trade statistics for September 2017
27 Salary indices for managerial and professional employees
for June 2017
November 2017
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for September 2017
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics
for third quarter 2017
9 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for September 2017
10 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2017:
data contained in the press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Third 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)
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
August - October 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for October 2017
27 External merchandise trade statistics for October 2017
30 Retail sales statistics for October 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 Third Quarter Economic Report 2017 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2017 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2017 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third 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/Thursday, August 31, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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