8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Feb 2019

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/04/2019

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Main Features Analysis - Total Retail Analysis by Industry About this Release Retail turnover rises 0.8 per cent in February (Media Release)	ANALYSIS - TOTAL RETAIL TOTAL RETAIL - MONTHLY The chart below shows the trend series and seasonally adjusted series to February 2019. In current prices, the trend estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.2% in February 2019, following a rise of 0.2% in January 2019, and a rise of 0.2% in December 2018. The seasonally adjusted estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.8% in February 2019, following a rise of 0.1% in January 2019, and a fall of 0.4% in December 2018. The original estimate for Australian turnover fell 10.1% in February 2019. The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers fell 11.6% in February 2019. The original estimate for smaller retailers fell 6.5% in February 2019. RETAIL TURNOVER, Australia TOTAL RETAIL - BY STATE The following states and territories rose in trend terms in February 2019: New South Wales (0.2%), Queensland (0.3%), Victoria (0.2%), Western Australia (0.3%), and the Australian Capital Territory (0.1%). South Australia (0.0%) was relatively unchanged. Tasmania (-0.2%), and the Northern Territory (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in February 2019. The following states and territories rose in seasonally adjusted terms in February 2019: Queensland (1.4%), New South Wales (0.6%), Victoria (0.8%), Western Australia (0.6%), South Australia (0.7%), the Australian Capital Territory (1.7%), and the Northern Territory (1.4%). Tasmania (-0.7%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms in February 2019. RETAIL TURNOVER, States and Territories Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.