8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Dec 2013  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/02/2014   
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ANALYSIS - TOTAL RETAIL


TOTAL RETAIL - MONTHLY

The chart below shows the trend series and seasonally adjusted series to December 2013.

In current prices, the trend estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.6% in December 2013 following a rise of 0.6% in November 2013 and a rise of 0.6% in October 2013.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.5% in December 2013 following a rise of 0.7% in November 2013 and a rise of 0.5% in October 2013.

The original estimate for Australian turnover rose 22.6% in December 2013. The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers rose 26.7% in December 2013. The original estimate for smaller retailers rose 14.6% in December 2013.

RETAIL TURNOVER, Australia
Graph: RETAIL TURNOVER, Australia



TOTAL RETAIL - QUARTERLY

In volume terms, the seasonally adjusted estimate for the December quarter 2013 rose 0.9% following a rise of 0.8% in the September quarter 2013 and a fall of 0.1% in the June quarter 2013.

In the December quarter 2013, the seasonally adjusted estimate rose in volume terms for Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food retailing (3.3%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (3.1%), Other retailing (1.2%), Department stores (2.4%) and Food retailing (0.1%). Household goods retailing (-0.7%) fell in volume terms in the December quarter 2013.

The Implicit Price Deflator for Australian turnover rose 1.1% in seasonally adjusted terms in the December quarter 2013.


TOTAL RETAIL - BY STATE

The following states and territories rose in trend terms in December 2013: New South Wales (0.7%), Victoria (0.7%), Queensland (0.4%), Western Australia (0.6%), Tasmania (1.0%), South Australia (0.2%), the Australian Capital Territory (0.5%) and the Northern Territory (0.1%).

The following states and territories rose in seasonally adjusted terms in December 2013: New South Wales (0.9%), Victoria (0.6%), Queensland (0.2%), Tasmania (1.8%), the Australian Capital Territory (1.3%) and Western Australia (0.1%). The Northern Territory (-1.5%) and South Australia (-0.2%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms in December 2013.

RETAIL TURNOVER, States and Territories
Graph: RETAIL TURNOVER, States and Territories


In the December quarter 2013, the seasonally adjusted estimate rose in volume terms in the following states: New South Wales (1.4%), Victoria (1.2%), Western Australia (0.8%), Queensland (0.3%), Tasmania (1.7%) and the Australian Capital Territory (0.9%). South Australia (-0.5%) and the Northern Territory (-0.9%) fell in volume terms in the December quarter 2013.