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U.S. Appliance Industry Shipment Statistics
Factory Unit Shipments Statistics for the month of November 2005 - Revised

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Revised March 20th, 2006.

APPLIANCE	2005	November 2004	CHANGE	2005	Year to date 2004	CHANGE
Freestanding electric ranges	409,800	397,600	3.10%	4,188,800	4,103,800	2.10%
Built-in electric ranges	88,200	85,300	3.40%	865,800	863,600	0.30%
Surface cooking units	44,200	44,900	-1.60%	483,500	511,400	-5.50%
Total electric ranges	542,200	527,800	2.70%	5,538,100	5,478,800	1.10%
Freestanding gas ranges	267,400	279,200	-4.20%	2,791,600	2,777,000	0.50%
Built-in gas ranges	5,700	6,800	-16.20%	55,500	58,900	-5.80%
Surface cooking units	47,900	42,900	11.70%	502,800	473,900	6.10%
Total gas ranges	321,000	328,900	-2.40%	3,349,900	3,309,800	1.20%
Microwave ovens/ranges	1,234,200	1,470,300	-16.10%	12,596,900	14,038,600	-10.30%
Total ranges	2,097,400	2,327,000	-9.90%	21,484,900	22,827,200	-5.90%
Chest freezers	115,000	108,900	5.60%	1,187,600	1,369,500	-13.30%
Upright freezers	80,800	81,500	-0.90%	810,200	903,600	-10.30%
Total freezers	195,800	190,400	2.80%	1,997,800	2,273,100	-12.10%
Refrigerators	895,000	767,600	16.60%	10,100,500	9,913,200	1.90%
Total refrigeration	1,090,800	958,000	13.90%	12,098,300	12,186,300	-0.70%
Automatic washers	679,000	684,500	0.8%	8,280,900	7,889,000	5.0%
Electric dryers	496,000	478,600	-3.80%	5,784,500	5,580,500	3.7%
Gas dryers	127,500	128,100	0.5%	1,531,700	1,483,200	3.30%
Total dryers	603,400	606,700	-0.50%	7,279,400	7,063,700	3.10%
Total home laundry	1,295,500	1,291,200	0.30%	15,713,000	14,952,700	5.10%
Built-in dishwashers	585,600	550,100	6.50%	6,577,500	6,232,400	5.50%
Portable dishwashers	13,200	13,200	0.00%	116,800	133,500	-12.50%
Total dishwashers	598,800	563,300	6.30%	6,694,300	6,365,900	5.20%
Disposers	505,300	492,200	2.70%	6,392,500	5,990,000	6.70%
Household trash compactors	10,100	10,300	-1.90%	108,200	115,900	-6.60%
SUBTOTAL (Does not include exports)	5,597,900	5,642,000	-0.80%	62,491,200	62,438,000	0.10%
Room air- conditioners	-63,500	-173,400	N/A	7,664,000	7,777,600	-1.50%
Unitary air- conditioners	460,623	258,165	78.40%	6,044,356	5,238,363	15.40%
Heat pumps	168,960	116,524	45.00%	1,972,400	1,756,193	12.30%
Dehumidifiers (Does not include exports)	40,200	53,400	-24.70%	1,936,600	1,632,500	18.60%
Total air- conditioning	606,283	254,689	138.00%	17,617,356	16,404,656	7.40%
Gas warm-air furnaces	359,173	314,996	14.00%	3,156,549	3,192,682	-1.10%
Oil warm-air furnaces	12,312	14,895	-17.30%	101,050	117,879	-14.30%
Room heaters (unvented)	47,835	53,767	-11.00%	298,448	365,203	-18.30%
Total heating	419,320	383,658	9.30%	3,556,047	3,675,764	-3.30%
Residential electric water heaters	408,614	410,250	-0.40%	4,067,033	4,093,348	-0.60%
Residential gas water heaters	432,655	461,475	-6.20%	4,311,173	4,485,660	-3.90%
Total residential water heaters	841,269	871,725	-3.50%	8,378,206	8,579,008	-2.30%
TOTAL	7,464,772	7,152,072	4.40%	92,042,809	91,097,428	1.00%
Commercial gas water heaters	6,810	8,841	-23.00%	73,096	86,541	-15.50%
Commercial electric water heaters	4,772	4,581	4.20%	50,319	51,818	-2.90%
Total commercial water heaters	11,582	13,422	-13.70%	123,415	138,359	-10.80%
Camcorders	629,886	763,214	-17.50%	4,836,095	5,202,163	-7.00%
Color televisions	1,676,855	2,062,506	-18.70%	15,310,895	17,761,946	-13.80%
Color TV/VCR combinations**	N/A	156,549	N/A	N/A	1,373,520	N/A
DVD players (Includes standalone DVD and DVD/VCR)	2,246,882	2,723,920	-17.50%	14,540,824	18,346,635	-20.70%
TV/DVD players (Included with TV/DVD players)	322,689	256,808	25.70%	3,087,659	1,923,537	60.50%
VCR decks (Does not include digital VCRs)	74,311	199,189	-62.70%	1,232,825	2,122,782	-41.90%
Digital televisions	375,679	456,564	-17.70%	3,800,372	3,925,966	-3.20%
Total video electronics	5,326,302	6,618,750	-19.50%	42,808,670	50,656,549	-15.50%
Cooking & food processing portable appliances	13,533,558	10,518,852	28.70%	84,946,546	80,159,114	6.00%
Air treatment portable appliances	1,094,789	961,954	13.80%	6,348,780	7,933,801	-20.00%
Total portable appliances#	14,628,347	11,480,806	27.40%	91,295,326	88,092,915	3.60%
Revisions
Water softeners, residential	91,033	79,548	14.4%	1,027,961	1,003,962	2.4
Water softeners, Commercial	3,135	3,980	21.2%	48,015	49,300	2.6
•••Includes direct-view and projection. Projection televisions was deleted as a category in 2005 due to changes in CEA's reporting procedure. They are now included in the digital television category. # Portable appliances include air cleaners, air heaters, blenders, breadmakers, coffee makers, coffee percolators, coffee urns, coffee grinders, can openers, countertop ovens, food choppers, food processors, food and rice steamers, fry pans, indoor grills, irons, juicers, knives, mixers, toasters, toaster ovens and broilers, and waffle irons.
Television, VCR, and camcorder figures are unit sales to dealers, including imports. These figures are not included in page total. Sources: Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, APPLIANCE magazine estimates, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Consumer Electronics Association, and Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association.