8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Jun 2010  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/08/2010   
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JUNE KEY FIGURES

Jun 10
May 10 to Jun 10
$m
% change
Turnover at current prices
Trend estimates
20 168.3
0.3
Seasonally adjusted estimates
20 184.0
0.2

Jun Qtr 2010
Mar Qtr 10 to Jun Qtr 10
$m
% change
Turnover in volume terms
Trend estimates
57 899.0
0.5
Seasonally adjusted estimates
57 925.0
0.8

Monthly Turnover, Current prices - Trend estimate
Graph: Monthly turnover_current prices_trend_% change

Quarterly turnover, in volume terms - Trend estimate
Graph: Quarterly turnover_in volume terms_Trend estimate_%change




JUNE KEY POINTS


CURRENT PRICES
  • The trend estimate increased 0.3% in June 2010. This follows a 0.2% increase in May 2010 and a 0.2% increase in April 2010.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate increased 0.2% in June 2010. This follows a 0.2% increase in May 2010 and a 0.6% increase in April 2010.
  • In trend terms, Australian turnover increased 3.2% in June 2010 compared with June 2009.
  • The following industries increased in trend terms in June 2010: Food retailing (0.4%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.4%), Household goods retailing (0.3%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.3%) and Other Retailing (0.1%). Department stores (-0.1%) decreased in June 2010.
  • The following states and territories increased in trend terms in June 2010: Victoria (0.5%), South Australia (0.5%), Northern Territory (0.5), New South Wales (0.2%), Queensland (0.1%). Tasmania (0.0%) and Australian Capital Territory (0.0%) remained unchanged. Western Australia (-0.1%) decreased in June 2010.


VOLUME MEASURES
  • The trend estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail series increased 0.5% in the June quarter 2010 in volume terms.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
July 2010 31 August 2010
August 2010 5 October 2010
September 2010 4 November 2010
October 2010 2 December 2010
November 2010 10 January 2011
December 2010 7 February 2011



CHANGES IN NEXT ISSUE

The annual re-analysis of the Retail Trade series will be undertaken after the release of this issue. Any revisions to the seasonally adjusted and trend estimates series will be incorporated with the release of July 2010 issue.


REVISIONS

There are no revisions to the original estimates. Revisions to seasonally adjusted estimates are due to the concurrent methodology for deriving seasonal factors.


REVISIONS IN FUTURE ISSUES

Due to the increase in the excise for tobacco products announced by the Federal Government on 29 April 2010, the seasonally adjusted and trend series for Other Retailing should be used with caution. These series may be subject to revision in future releases of this publication as the impact of this announcement on the published series is fully quantified.


TIME SERIES DATA

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.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Katlean Pussell on Sydney (02) 9268 4568.