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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

		February 2013	January 2013 to February 2013
		$m	% change
Turnover at current prices
	Trend	21 742.8	0.4
	Seasonally Adjusted	21 949.9	1.3

Monthly Turnover, Current Prices - Trend Estimate

• The trend estimate rose 0.4% in February 2013. This follows a rise of 0.3% in January 2013 and a rise of 0.3% in December 2012.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 1.3% in February 2013. This follows a rise of 1.2% in January 2013 and a fall of 0.5% in December 2012.
• In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 3.2% in February 2013 compared with February 2012.
• The following industries rose in trend terms in February 2013: Household goods retailing (0.7%), Food retailing (0.3%), Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.8%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.3%) and Other retailing (0.2%). Department stores (-0.1%) fell in trend terms in February 2013.
• The following states and territories rose in trend terms in February 2013: Queensland (0.6%), New South Wales (0.4%), Victoria (0.4%), Tasmania (0.6%), the Australian Capital Territory (0.4%) and the Northern Territory (0.2%). Western Australia (0.0%) remained relatively unchanged. South Australia (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in February 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.