The calendar covers the period from February of the following year and 12 months ahead and is in compliance with the SDDS requirements. Copies of the release calendar can be obtained from the contact person upon request. The Accounting Ordinance and the Appropriation Ordinance regulates the accountability of government agencies. There is no internal government access to the data before their release. There is no ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases.
Monthly data are preliminary when first released and are successively revised during the year.
Major changes in methodology are explained upon release of the statistics that incorporate the changes.