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U.S. Appliance Industry Shipment Statistics
Factory Unit Shipments for the month of December 2004 - Revised

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Revised March 17, 2005.

	DECEMBER			YEAR TO DATE
Appliance	2004	2003	CHANGE	2004	2003	CHANGE
Free-standing electric ranges	508,300	420,500	20.9%	4,612,100	4,237,700	8.8%
Built-in electric ranges	99,400	88,600	12.2%	963,000	840,800	14.5%
Surface cooking units	58,600	54,200	8.1%	570,000	542,800	5.0%
Total electric ranges	666,300	563,300	18.3%	6,145,100	5,621,300	9.3%
Free-standing gas ranges	346,600	291,800	18.8%	3,123,600	2,897,000	7.8%
Built-in gas ranges	7,800	8,100	-3.7%	66,700	67,000	-0.4%
Surface cooking units	53,800	45,900	17.2%	527,600	455,400	15.9%
Total gas ranges	408,200	345,800	18.0%	3,717,900	3,419,400	8.7%
Microwave ovens/ranges (Including imported microwave ovens and combination microwave oven/ranges)	1,479,200	1,052,200	40.6%	15,224,500	14,274,200	6.7%
Total ranges	2,553,700	1,961,300	30.2%	25,087,500	23,314,900	7.6%

Chest freezers	159,500	140,500	13.5%	1,529,000	1,517,600	0.8%
Upright freezers	83,800	87,800	-4.6%	987,400	1,004,900	-1.7%
Total freezers	243,300	228,300	6.6%	2,516,400	2,522,500	-0.2%
Refrigerators	1,000,400	819,100	22.1%	10,922,200	10,021,000	9.0%
Total refrigeration	1,243,700	1,047,400	18.7%	13,438,600	12,543,500	7.1%

Automatic washers	942,600	791,400	19.1%	8,831,700	8,145,800	8.4%
Electric dryers	681,500	590,500	15.4%	6,260,800	5,718,500	9.5%
Gas dryers	176,900	171,600	3.1%	1,661,200	1,616,300	2.8%
Total dryers	858,400	762,100	12.6%	7,922,000	7,334,800	8.0%
Total home laundry	1,801,000	1,553,500	15.9%	16,753,700	15,480,600	8.2%

Built-in dishwashers	720,200	615,100	17.1%	6,952,500	6,280,300	10.7%
Portable dishwashers	19,400	19,300	0.5%	153,000	148,100	3.3%
Total dishwashers	739,600	634,400	16.6%	7,105,500	6,428,400	10.5%

Disposers	658,900	547,700	20.3%	6,648,900	6,276,900	5.9%
Household trash compactors	13,000	13,600	-4.4%	128,900	125,800	2.5%

SUBTOTAL (Does not include exports)	7,009,900	5,757,900	21.7%	69,163,100	64,170,100	7.8%

Room air-conditioners (Does not include exports)	312,800	23,000	N/A	7,446,900	8,216,000	-9.4%
Unitary air-conditioners	276,604	254,334	8.8%	5,514,967	5,180,897	6.4%
Heat pumps	129,907	109,313	18.8%	1,886,100	1,626,365	16.0%
Dehumidifiers (Does not include exports)	40,600	16,300	149.1%	1,340,900	1,311,000	2.3%
Total air-conditioning	759,911	402,947	88.6%	16,188,867	16,334,262	-0.9%

Gas warm-air furnaces	326,342	276,045	18.2%	3,519,024	3,265,550	7.8%
Oil warm-air furnaces	11,836	13,017	-9.1%	129,715	126,741	2.3%
Total central heating	338,178	289,062	17.0%	3,648,739	3,392,291	7.6%

Residential electric water heaters	479,584	462,461	3.7%	4,572,932	4,429,880	3.2%
Residential gas water heaters	568,115	475,197	19.6%	5,053,775	5,124,265	-1.4%
Total residential water heaters	1,047,699	937,658	11.7%	9,626,707	9,554,145	0.8%

TOTAL	9,155,688	7,387,567	23.9%	98,627,413	93,450,798	5.5%

Commercial gas water heaters	9,940	8,780	13.2%	96,481	90,292	6.9%
Commercial electric water heaters	6,126	4,216	45.3%	57,944	48,137	20.4%
Total commercial water heaters	16,066	12,996	23.6%	154,425	138,429	11.6%

Camcorders	363,744	438,125	-17.0%	5,565,907	5,626,390	-1.1%
Color televisions (Does not include projection television)	2,172,296	2,446,776	-11.2%	19,934,242	20,790,506	-4.1%
Color TV/VCR combinations	89,661	214,618	-58.2%	1,463,181	2,820,844	-48.1%
DVD players (Includes DVD/LD Combination Players)	1,653,278	3,027,083	-45.4%	19,999,913	21,994,389	-9.1%
Projection televisions	N/A	17,284	N/A	N/A	275,726	N/A
TV/DVD players	215,347	197,244	9.2%	2,138,884	1,551,531	37.9%
VCR decks (Does not include digital VCRs)	144,523	543,400	-73.4%	2,267,305	6,416,379	-64.7%
Digital televisions (Includes direct-view, projection, and LCD DTV)	558,190	471,981	18.3%	4,484,156	3,147,138	42.5%
Total video electronics	5,197,039	7,356,511	-29.4%	55,853,588	62,622,903	-10.8%

Cooking & food processing portable appliances	9,403,406	8,889,253	5.8%	103,257,099	108,714,896	-5.0%
Air treatment portable appliances	1,418,724	1,837,781	-22.8%	13,805,994	19,974,860	-30.9%
Total portable appliances (see below)	10,822,130	10,727,034	0.9%	117,063,093	128,689,756	-9.0%

Reverse Osmosis Residential Point-Of-Use Drinking Water Units	23,108	20,789	11.2%	269,730	224,420	20.2%
Reverse Osmosis Portable/Countertop Units	741	904	-18.0%	4,732	7,159	-33.9

Water softeners, commercial	4,883	4,341	12.5%	54,740	49,922	9.7%
Water softeners, residential	101,441	90,581	12.0%	1,113,105	1,032,084	7.9%

Portable appliances include air cleaners, air heaters, blenders, breadmakers, coffeemakers, 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, Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association, and Water Quality Association.