Schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data
Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between November 2018 and January 2019. The schedules for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2018 and 2019 were provided to the media in September 2017 and September 2018 respectively. No change has been made to the original schedules.
November 2018
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for September 2018
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for third quarter 2018
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for September 2018
16 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2018 : data contained in the press
　　　　　　　　 release entitled "Economic Situation in the Third 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)
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for August – October 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2018
26 External merchandise trade statistics for October 2018
30 Retail sales statistics for October 2018
December 2018
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for third quarter 2018
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for third quarter 2018
11 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2018
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for
third quarter 2018
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector
for third quarter 2018
17 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for third quarter 2018
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for September – November 2018
18 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2018
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for October 2018
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for
third quarter 2018
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for third
quarter 2018
27 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2018
28 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2018
January 2019
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Date Press Release
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3 Retail sales statistics for November 2018
17 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for Oct – Dec 2018
17 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for November 2018
18 Business expectations for first quarter 2019
22 Consumer Price Index for December 2018
28 External merchandise trade statistics for December 2018
30 Retail sales statistics for December 2018
Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary's Office will issue a press release on the "Third Quarter Economic Report 2018" and final update of the GDP and price forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third 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 2019 can be downloaded from the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).