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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 September and December 2020. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2020 was provided to the media in September 2019. No change has been made to the original schedule.
 
September 2020
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for July 2020
   
3 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for second quarter 2020
   
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for second quarter 2020
   
10 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for second quarter 2020
   
11 Construction output statistics for second quarter 2020
   
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for second quarter 2020
   
15 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for second quarter 2020
   
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for July 2020
   
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for June - August 2020
   
21 Employment and vacancies statistics for June 2020
   
21 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for second quarter 2020
   
21 Consumer Price Index for August 2020
   
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for second quarter 2020
   
24 External merchandise trade statistics for August 2020
   
25 Wage and payroll statistics for June 2020
   
30 Retail sales statistics for August 2020
   
October 2020
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Date Press Release
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19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for August 2020
   
20 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for July - September 2020
   
22 Consumer Price Index for September 2020
   
23 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2020
   
27 External merchandise trade statistics for September 2020
   
27 Salary indices for managerial and professional employees for June 2020
   
30 Advance estimates on Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2020 (Note)
   
November 2020
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for September 2020
   
4 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for third quarter 2020
   
12 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for September 2020
   
13 Revised figures on Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2020 (Note)
   
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for August - October 2020
   
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2020
   
24 External merchandise trade statistics for October 2020
   
December 2020
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for October 2020
   
3 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for third quarter 2020
   
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for third quarter 2020
   
10 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for third quarter 2020
   
11 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2020
   
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for third quarter 2020
   
15 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for third quarter 2020
   
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for October 2020
   
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for September - November 2020
   
18 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2020
   
18 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for third quarter 2020
   
21 Consumer Price Index for November 2020
   
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for third quarter 2020
   
28 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2020
   
28 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2020
     
 
Note: The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) will issue press releases on quarterly advance estimates on Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The C&SD will compile and release revised figures on GDP in the "Gross Domestic Product (Quarterly) Report" when more data become available. The revised GDP figures for the third quarter of 2020 will be included in the press release and the "Third Quarter Economic Report 2020" to be issued by the Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office on the economic situation in the third quarter of 2020 and final update of GDP and prices forecasts for 2020. No separate press release will be issued by the C&SD in respect of the revised GDP figures.

      The schedule for regular press releases in the other months of 2020 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
 
Ends/Monday, August 31, 2020
Issued at HKT 11:00
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