Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between July and September 2018. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2018 was provided to the media in September 2017. No change has been made to the original schedule.
July 2018
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for May 2018
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
April – June 2018
19 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for May 2018
20 Business expectations for third quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for June 2018
26 External merchandise trade statistics for June 2018
August 2018
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for June 2018
3 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for second
quarter 2018
9 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise
trade for June 2018
10 Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2018: data
contained in the press release entitled "Economic
Situation in the Second 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)
14 Mid-year population for 2018
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for
May – July 2018
21 Consumer Price Index for July 2018
27 External merchandise trade statistics for July 2018
30 Retail sales statistics for July 2018
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 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
Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the Half-yearly Economic Report 2018 and second update of the GDP and prices forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the second quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the second 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).
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