Dun & Bradstreet's Trade Exchange Program  provides analysis on more than five million accounts receivable updates within Australia each year to provide trend data on Australian business-to-business payment patterns.

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The latest analysis shows (March quarter 2010):

• payment terms in the March 2010 quarter rose to 54.1 days
• all but one group (those with 1-5 employees) experienced a deterioration in payment terms compared to the previous quarter
• the electric, gas and sanitary services sector was the slowest to pay - this group took 58.7 days to settle its accounts
• firms based in the Australian Capital Territory averaged 56.5 days to settle their trade accounts, making them the slowest paying state

Want to learn more? Read the latest Trade Payments Analysis >>