Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between August and October 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.
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
the 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
October 2018
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for August 2018
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for
August 2018
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for July –
September 2018
19 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for September 2018
25 External merchandise trade statistics for September 2018
26 Salary indices for managerial and professional employees 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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