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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

		August 2013	July 2013 to August 2013
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend	21 863.1	0.0
	Seasonally Adjusted	21 923.6	0.4

Monthly Turnover, Current Prices - Trend Estimate

• The trend estimate was relatively unchanged in August 2013 (0.0%). This follows a rise of 0.1% in July 2013 and a rise of 0.1% in June 2013.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.4% in August 2013. This follows a rise of 0.1% July 2013 and a relatively unchanged June 2013 (0.0%).
• In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 1.7% in August 2013 compared with August 2012.
• The following industries rose in trend terms in August 2013: Food retailing (0.1%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.5%), Household goods retailing (0.2%) and Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.2%). Department stores (-0.9%) and Other retailing (-0.3%) fell in trend terms in August 2013.
• The following states and territories rose in trend terms in August 2013: South Australia (0.6%), Victoria (0.1%), the Northern Territory (0.9%) and Tasmania (0.5%). Queensland was relatively unchanged (0.0%). New South Wales (-0.1%), Western Australia (-0.1%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in August 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.