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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

		Jan 07	Dec 06 to Jan 07
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend estimates	18 570.7	0.4
	Seasonally adjusted estimates	18 621.1	0.9

Monthly turnover, Trend estimates - % change

• The trend estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series increased by 0.4% in January 2007. This follows a revised increase of 0.4% in December 2006 and an increase of 0.4% in November 2006.
• In January 2007, all states and territories had an increase in the trend estimate, except Tasmania (-0.2%). The largest increase occurred in Western Australia (+0.9%).

• The seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series increased by 0.9% in January 2007. This follows a revised increase of 0.2% in December 2006 and an increase of 0.2% in November 2006.
• All states and territories had increases in the seasonally adjusted estimate, except the Australian Capital Territory (-0.3%). The largest increase occurred in Western Australia (+1.8%).

• In original terms, Australian turnover decreased by 22.8% in January 2007 compared with December 2006. Chains and other large retailers (which are completely enumerated) decreased by 26.4%, while the estimate for 'smaller' retailers (the sampled units) decreased by 17.4%.
• Australian turnover increased by 7.2% in January 2007 compared with January 2006. Chains and other large retailers increased by 7.2%, while 'smaller' retailers increased by 7.2%.

SAMPLING ERRORS

Standard errors for the Australian estimates (original data) for January 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.