Official statistics comprise statistics compiled by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) and those compiled by various policy bureaux and other government departments. Broadly speaking, statistics which are of a general purpose and useful to various functional areas are mainly compiled by the C&SD while those relating to more specific functional areas are compiled by the bureaux/departments concerned, in which case hyperlinks are provided to relevant websites for facilitating retrieval of these official statistics.

Official statistics on "Prices" are primarily compiled by the Census and Statistics Department. This section provides statistics in this area together with related publications, press releases and other reference materials released by the Census and Statistics Department.

Latest Statistics
Consumer Price Indices (October 2004 - September 2005 = 100)Index for Jun 2010% change
Composite Consumer Price Index112.2+2.8
Consumer Price Index (A)111.1+3.2
Consumer Price Index (B)112.6+2.7
Consumer Price Index (C)113.0+2.4

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 Consumer Price Indices for June 2010 2010-07-22
 Consumer Price Indices for May 2010 2010-06-22
 Consumer Price Indices for April 2010 2010-05-20
 Consumer Price Indices for March 2010 2010-04-22
 Consumer Price Indices for February 2010 2010-03-22
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Monthly Report on the Consumer Price Index

This monthly publication presents up-to-date information on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is useful for analysing the inflation that affects consumers. Month-to-month and year-on-year price movements of 9 commodity/service sections and 94 commodity/service groups for each of the four data ... More

Latest Issue: June 2010     Release Date: 22 July 2010
 
Consumer Price Index analysed by Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose

In recent years, some economies started to adopt the Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) developed by the United Nations in analysing the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In view of this, the Census and Statistics Department additionally compiles the 2004/05-based CPI ... More

Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 March 2010
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Annual Report on the Consumer Price Index

This annual publication provides a detailed analysis of the major price movements of consumer goods and services during the reference year. This is useful for understanding the inflation that affects consumers. For each of the four series of Consumer Price Index (CPI), namely the Composite CPI, ... More

Latest Issue: 2009 Edition     Release Date: 24 February 2010
 
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Related Statistical Tables in the Pocket Data Guide "Hong Kong in Figures"
* Year-on-year Rates of Change in the Consumer Price Indices PDF (75 KB)
* Year-on-year Rates of Change in Other Price Indices PDF (75 KB)