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JULY KEY FIGURES

		July 2012	June 2012 to July 2012
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend	21 514.6	0.4
	Seasonally Adjusted	21 417.5	-0.8

Monthly Turnover, Current Prices - Trend Estimate

• The trend estimate rose 0.4% in July 2012. This follows a rise of 0.4% in June 2012 and a rise of 0.5% in May 2012.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate fell 0.8% in July 2012. This follows a rise of 1.2% in June 2012 and a rise of 0.6% in May 2012.
• In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 4.0% in July 2012 compared with July 2011.
• The following industries rose in trend terms in July 2012: Food retailing (0.4%), Household goods retailing (0.7%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.8%) and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.5%). Other retailing (0.0%) was relatively unchanged and Department stores (-0.5%) fell in trend terms in July 2012.
• The following states and territories rose in trend terms in July 2012: New South Wales (0.6%), Queensland (0.3%), Western Australia (0.5%), Victoria (0.2%), South Australia (0.1%), the Northern Territory (0.5%) and the Australian Capital Territory (0.2%). Tasmania (-0.4%) fell in trend terms in July 2012.

• 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.