• Summary
• Downloads
• Explanatory Notes
• Related Information
• Past Releases

JANUARY KEY FIGURES

		January 2013	December 2012 to January 2013
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend	21 521.3	0.1
	Seasonally Adjusted	21 589.4	0.9

Monthly Turnover, Current Prices - Trend Estimate

• The trend estimate rose 0.1% in January 2013. This follows a relatively unchanged December 2012 (0.0%) and a relatively unchanged November 2012 (0.0%).
• The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.9% in January 2013. This follows a fall of 0.4% in December 2012 and a fall of 0.2% in November 2012.
• In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 2.5% in January 2013 compared with January 2012.
• The following industries rose in trend terms in January 2013: Food retailing (0.2%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.5%) and Department stores (0.4%). Household goods retailing (-0.2%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (-0.1%) and Other retailing (-0.1%) fell in trend terms in January 2013.
• The following states and territories rose in trend terms in January 2013: Queensland (0.3%), Victoria (0.1%), Tasmania (0.5%) and the Northern Territory (0.6%). Western Australia (0.0%) and New South Wales (0.0%) remained relatively unchanged. South Australia (-0.2%) and the Australian Capital Territory (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in January 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.