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Retail Trade Survey


December 2005 quarter

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Highlights


For the December 2005 quarter compared with the September 2005 quarter (on a seasonally adjusted basis):

  • Retail sales fell 0.4 percent ($63 million).
  • Excluding vehicle-related industries, retail sales rose 1.4 percent ($150 million).
  • Fourteen out of 24 industries recorded sales increases.
  • Sales for motor vehicle retailing fell 8.7 percent ($187 million).
  • Sales volumes fell 0.7 percent.

                                                         





 

Brian Pink
Government Statistician

14 February 2006
Cat 75.900 Set 05/06 – 129


There is a companion Media Release published  – Retail Trade Survey: December 2005 quarter.

 



  Retail Trade Survey - December 2005 quarter (pdf)



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