Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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September 2018
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for second quarter 2018
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for second quarter 2018
11 Construction output statistics for second quarter 2018
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China
for second quarter 2018
13 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector
for second quarter 2018
14 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for second quarter 2018
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for June - August 2018
19 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for second quarter 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for August 2018
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for July 2018
20 Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2018
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for second quarter 2018
27 External merchandise trade statistics for August 2018
27 Wage and payroll statistics for June 2018
October 2018
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for August 2018
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for August 2018
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for July - September 2018
19 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for September 2018
25 External merchandise trade statistics for September 2018
26 Salary indices for managerial and professional employees for June 2018
November 2018
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for September 2018
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for third quarter 2018
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for September 2018
16 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2018 : data contained in the press release
entitled "Economic Situation in the Third Quarter of 2018 and Latest GDP and
Price Forecasts for 2018" issued by the Office of the Government Economist
under the Financial Secretary's Office (Note)
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for August - October 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2018
26 External merchandise trade statistics for October 2018
30 Retail sales statistics for October 2018
Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Third Quarter Economic Report 2018 and final update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2018 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2018 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
Ends/Friday, August 31, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:00
Issued at HKT 11:00
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