Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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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
December 2017
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Date Press Release
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5 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for
third quarter 2017
11 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries
for third quarter 2017
11 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2017
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the
mainland of China for third quarter 2017
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for
the industrial sector for third quarter 2017
14 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for
third quarter 2017
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
September - November 2017
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade
for October 2017
19 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2017
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2017
21 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by
economic activity for third quarter 2017
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
statistics for third quarter 2017
28 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2017
28 Wage and payroll statistics for September 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 the final update of the 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 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, September 29, 2017
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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