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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

		Feb 07	Jan 07 to Feb 07
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend estimates	18 720.9	0.5
	Seasonally adjusted estimates	18 795.0	0.9

Monthly turnover, Trend estimates - % change

• The trend estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series increased by 0.5% in February 2007. This follows revised increases of 0.5% in both January 2007 and December 2006.
• In February 2007, all states and territories had an increase in the trend estimate. The largest increase occurred in Western Australia (+1.0%).

• The seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series increased by 0.9% in February 2007. This follows revised increases of 0.8% in January 2007 and 0.3% in December 2006.
• All states and territories had increases in the seasonally adjusted estimate. The largest increases occurred in the Australian Capital Territory (+2.0%), South Australia (+1.4%) and Queensland (+1.3%).

• In original terms, Australian turnover decreased by 8.9% in February 2007 compared with January 2007. Chains and other large retailers (which are completely enumerated) decreased by 11.2%, while the estimate for 'smaller' retailers (the sampled units) decreased by 5.6%.
• Australian turnover increased by 6.9% in February 2007 compared with February 2006. Chains and other large retailers increased by 6.8%, while 'smaller' retailers increased by 7.0%.

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.

SAMPLING ERRORS

Standard errors for the Australian estimates (original data) for February 2007 contained in this publication are:

For more information see the Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 32-36.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Graham Phillips on Canberra (02) 6252 5625.