Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
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     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between March and June 2019. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2019 was provided to the media in September 2018. No change has been made to the original schedule.
 
March 2019
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Date Press Release
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5 Retail sales statistics for January 2019
   
5 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for fourth quarter 2018
   
11 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for fourth quarter 2018
   
12 Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2018
   
12 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for fourth quarter 2018
   
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for fourth quarter 2018
   
15 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for fourth quarter 2018
   
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for January 2019
   
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for December 2018 - February 2019
   
19 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for fourth quarter 2018
   
21 Consumer Price Index for February 2019
   
22 Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2018
   
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for fourth quarter 2018
   
26 External merchandise trade statistics for February 2019
   
28 Wage and payroll statistics for December 2018
   
April 2019
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for February 2019
   
16 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for February 2019
   
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for January - March 2019
   
23 Consumer Price Index for March 2019
   
26 Business expectations for second quarter 2019
   
29 External merchandise trade statistics for March 2019
   
May 2019
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Date Press Release
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2 Advance estimates on Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2019 (Note)
   
3 Retail sales statistics for March 2019
   
7 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for first quarter 2019
   
16 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for March 2019
   
17 Revised figures on Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2019 (Note)
   
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for February - April 2019
   
23 Consumer Price Index for April 2019
   
27 External merchandise trade statistics for April 2019
   
31 Retail sales statistics for April 2019
   
June 2019
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Date Press Release
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4 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for first quarter 2019
   
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for first quarter 2019
   
11 Construction output statistics for first quarter 2019
   
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for first quarter 2019
   
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for first quarter 2019
   
17 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for first quarter 2019
   
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for April 2019
   
18 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for first quarter 2019
   
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for March - May 2019
   
21 Consumer Price Index for May 2019
   
21 Employment and vacancies statistics for March 2019
   
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for first quarter 2019
   
25 External merchandise trade statistics for May 2019
   
27 Wage and payroll statistics for March 2019

Note: Starting from the reference period of the first quarter of 2019, C&SD will issue press releases on advance estimates on quarterly GDP. C&SD will compile and release revised figures on GDP in the "Gross Domestic Product (Quarterly) Report" when more data become available. The revised figures on GDP for the first quarter of 2019 will also be included in the "First Quarter Economic Report 2019" and the press release to be issued by the Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office on the economic situation in the first quarter of 2019 and first update of GDP and price forecasts for 2019 as a whole.  No separate press release on the revised figures on GDP will be issued by C&SD.

     The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2019 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

Ends/Thursday, February 28, 2019
Issued at HKT 11:00

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