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U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments
Statistics for the month of February 2009

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This page reports the number of units shipped in the United States. It includes U.S.–made and imported appliances for the U.S. market; exports are not included. Consumer electronics are reported in unit sales.

Factory Unit Shipments	FEBRUARY			YEAR TO DATE
Appliance	2009	2008	CHANGE	2009	2008	CHANGE
Electric ranges	244,000	298,100	-18.1%	465,900	612,400	-23.9%
Electric ovens	41,400	58,200	-28.9%	83,800	124,000	-32.4%
Electric surface cooking units	26,200	35,800	-26.8%	52,000	78,000	-33.3%
Total electric cooking	311,600	392,100	-20.5%	601,700	814,400	-26.1%
Gas ranges	157,800	178,200	-11.4%	309,000	379,800	-18.6%
Gas ovens	3,500	3,800	-7.9%	7,100	8,600	-17.4%
Gas surface cooking units	21,000	31,800	-34.0%	42,300	69,300	-39.0%
Total gas cooking	182,300	213,800	-14.7%	358,400	457,700	-21.7%
Microwave ovens/ranges	780,700	754,100	3.5%	1,477,000	1,669,700	-11.5%
Total cooking	1,274,600	1,360,000	-6.3%	2,437,100	2,941,800	-17.2%

Chest freezers	96,000	76,300	25.8%	168,200	165,200	1.8%
Upright freezers	44,200	52,300	-15.5%	90,100	106,500	-15.4%
Total freezers	140,200	128,600	9.0%	258,300	271,700	-4.9%
Refrigerators	493,200	594,700	-17.1%	950,300	1,261,800	-24.7%
Total refrigeration	633,400	723,300	-12.4%	1,208,600	1,533,500	-21.2%

Automatic washers	603,000	680,800	-11.4%	1,140,900	1,350,600	-15.5%
Electric dryers	401,500	467,800	-14.2%	750,600	925,900	-18.9%
Gas dryers	91,800	109,400	-16.1%	182,100	230,900	-21.1%
Total dryers	493,300	577,200	-14.5%	932,700	1,156,800	-19.4%
Total home laundry	1,096,300	1,258,000	-12.9%	2,073,600	2,507,400	-17.3%

Built-in dishwashers	381,700	453,600	-15.9%	737,900	963,500	-23.4%
Portable dishwashers	5,900	8,800	-33.0%	12,500	17,700	-29.4%
Total dishwashers	387,600	462,400	-16.2%	750,400	981,200	-23.5%

Disposers	393,700	449,300	-12.4%	843,100	985,800	-14.5%
Household trash compactors	4,300	6,900	-37.7%	8,400	14,400	-41.7%

SUBTOTAL - Major Kitchen/Laundry Appliances	3,789,900	4,259,900	-11.0%	7,321,200	8,964,100	-18.3%

Room air-conditioners	651,700	927,600	-29.7%	990,000	1,435,600	-31.0%
Unitary air-conditioners	163,184	212,775	-23.3%	294,243	414,000	-28.9%
Heat pumps	104,260	127,000	-17.9%	195,620	253,000	-22.7%
Dehumidifiers	158,800	153,200	3.7%	301,400	230,700	30.6%
Total air-conditioning	1,077,944	1,420,575	-24.1%	1,781,263	2,333,300	-23.7%

Gas warm-air furnaces	123,629	153,812	-19.6%	257,999	327,000	-21.1%
Oil warm-air furnaces	3,494	3,695	-5.4%	6,810	9,550	-28.7%
Total heating	127,123	157,507	-19.3%	264,809	336,550	-21.3%

Residential electric water heaters	321,055	361,529	-11.2%	634,232	700,287	-9.4%
Residential gas water heaters	327,591	350,174	-6.4%	643,452	669,921	-4.0%
Total residential water heaters	648,646	711,703	-8.9%	1,277,684	1,370,208	-6.8%

TOTAL	5,643,613	6,549,685	-13.8%	10,644,956	13,004,158	-18.1%

Commercial gas water heaters	7,214	7,695	-6.3%	13,230	14,893	-11.2%
Commercial electric water heaters	4,520	5,422	-16.6%	9,291	10,605	-12.4%
Total commercial water heaters	11,734	13,117	-10.5%	22,521	25,498	-11.7%

Camcorders	395,045	440,599	-10.3%	73,728	61,134	20.6%
DVD players (1)	3,228,048	2,035,919	58.6%	268,397	272,430	-1.5%
Digital televisions (2)	4,029,090	2,675,205	50.6%	545,831	336,746	62.1%
Total video electronics	7,652,183	5,151,723	48.5%	887,956	670,310	32.5%

Sources: Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, APPLIANCE magazine estimates, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, and Consumer Electronics Association.

Camcorder, DVD player, and Digital television figures are unit sales to dealers, including imports. These figures are not included in page total.

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