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 December 2020 and March 2021. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2020 and 2021 were provided to the media in September 2019 and September 2020 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedule.
 
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
   
January 2021
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Date Press Release
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4 Retail sales statistics for November 2020
   
12 Business situation of small and medium-sized enterprises for December 2020
   
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for November 2020
   
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for October - December 2020
   
21 Consumer Price Index for December 2020
   
22 Business expectations for first quarter 2021
   
26 External merchandise trade statistics for December 2020
   
29 Advance estimates on Gross Domestic Product for fourth quarter and the whole year of 2020 (Note)
   
February 2021
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for December 2020
   
4 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for fourth Quarter 2020
   
9 Business situation of small and medium-sized enterprises for January 2021
   
18 Year-end population for 2020
   
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for November 2020 - January 2021
   
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for December 2020
   
22 Consumer Price Index for January 2021
   
24 Revised figures on Gross Domestic Product for fourth Quarter and the whole year of 2020 : data contained in the Budget supporting documents (Note)
   
25 External merchandise trade statistics for January 2021
   
March 2021
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for January 2021
   
4 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for fourth quarter 2020
   
9 Business situation of small and medium-sized enterprises for February 2021
   
9 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for fourth quarter 2020
   
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for fourth quarter 2020
   
12 Construction output statistics for fourth quarter 2020
   
12 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for fourth quarter 2020
   
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for December 2020 - February 2021
   
16 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for fourth quarter 2020
   
18 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for fourth quarter 2020
   
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for January 2021
   
19 Employment and vacancies statistics for December 2020
   
22 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for fourth quarter 2020
   
22 Consumer Price Index for February 2021
   
25 External merchandise trade statistics for February 2021
   
29 Wage and payroll statistics for December 2020
   
30 Retail sales statistics for February 2021
 
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 fourth quarter and the whole year of 2020, together with other supporting materials, will be released along with the Financial Secretary's Budget Speech. No separate press release will be issued by the C&SD in respect of the revised GDP figures.

     The schedule for regular press releases of 2021 can be downloaded from the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).

Ends/Monday, November 30, 2020
Issued at HKT 11:00

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