Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data

     Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between May and August 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.
 

May 2019
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Date Press Release
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2 Advance estimates on Gross Domestic Product for first quarter 2019 (Note1)
   
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 (Note1)
   
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
   
July 2019
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for May 2019
   
16 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for May 2019
   
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for April – June 2019
   
19 Business expectations for third quarter 2019
   
22 Consumer Price Index for June 2019
   
25 External merchandise trade statistics for June 2019
   
31 Advance estimates on Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2019 (Note2)
   
August 2019
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1 Retail sales statistics for June 2019
   
2 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for second quarter 2019
   
13 Mid-year population for 2019
   
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for June 2019
   
16 Revised figures on Gross Domestic Product for second quarter 2019 (Note2)
   
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for May – July 2019
   
20 Consumer Price Index for July 2019
   
26 External merchandise trade statistics for July 2019
   
30 Retail sales statistics for July 2019
   
Note1: 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.
     
Note2: 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 second quarter of 2019 will also be included in the "Half-yearly 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 second quarter of 2019 and second 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).