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APRIL KEY FIGURES

		April 2013	March 2013 to April 2013
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend	21 931.4	0.4
	Seasonally Adjusted	21 888.8	0.2

Monthly Turnover, Current Prices - Trend Estimate

• The trend estimate rose 0.4% in April 2013. This follows a rise of 0.4% in March 2013 and a rise of 0.4% in February 2013.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.2% in April 2013. This follows a fall of 0.4% in March 2013 and a rise of 1.3% in February 2013.
• In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 3.2% in April 2013 compared with April 2012.
• The following industries rose in trend terms in April 2013: Food retailing (0.6%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.5%), Household goods retailing (0.4%) and Other retailing (0.4%). Department stores (0.0%) was relatively unchanged and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in April 2013.
• The following states and territories rose in trend terms in April 2013: New South Wales (0.6%), Victoria (0.4%), Queensland (0.4%), the Australian Capital Territory (0.9%), Western Australia (0.1%), South Australia (0.1%) and Tasmania (0.1%). The Northern Territory (-0.3%) fell in trend terms in April 2013.

• Data available from the Downloads tab of this issue on the ABS website include longer time series of tables in this publication, the quarterly chain volume measures and the following additional current price monthly series:
• Retail turnover by state and 15 industry subgroups in trend, seasonally adjusted and original terms
• Retail turnover completely enumerated and sample sector, by six industry groups in original terms
• Retail turnover completely enumerated and sample sector, by state in original terms
• Retail turnover completely enumerated sector, total level in trend, seasonally adjusted and original terms.