Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between October 2020 and January 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.
| October 2020 | |
| ========== | |
| Date | Press Release |
| —– | —————— |
| 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 1) |
| November 2020 | |
| ========== | |
| Date | Press Release |
| —– | —————— |
| 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 1) |
| 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 | |
| ========== | |
| Date | Press Release |
| —– | —————— |
| 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 | |
| ========== | |
| Date | Press Release |
| —– | —————— |
| 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 2) |
| Note 1: | 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. |
| Note 2: | The 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 Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).