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U.S. Appliance Industry Shipment Statistics
Factory Unit Shipments for the month of April 2004

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FACTORY UNIT SHIPMENTS
	APRIL			YEAR TO DATE
APPLIANCE	2004	2003	CHANGE	2004	2003	CHANGE
Free-standing electric ranges	332,700	295,300	12.7%	1,439,800	1,316,700	9.3%
Built-in electric ranges	70,300	57,000	23.3%	305,700	261,700	16.8%
Surface cooking units	41,900	39,100	7.2%	188,700	179,500	5.1%
Total electric ranges	444,900	391,400	13.7%	1,934,200	1,757,900	10.0%
Free-standing gas ranges	218,900	199,800	9.6%	960,400	875,800	9.7%
Built-in gas ranges	4,400	4,500	-2.2%	21,100	20,900	1.0%
Surface cooking units	36,000	31,800	13.2%	159,800	139,500	14.6%
Total gas ranges	259,300	236,100	9.8%	1,141,300	1,036,200	10.1%
Microwave ovens/ranges*	949,500	1,061,600	-10.6%	4,470,300	4,289,700	4.2%
Total ranges	1,653,700	1,689,100	-2.1%	7,545,800	7,083,800	6.5%

Chest freezers	93,300	82,300	13.4%	477,700	471,600	1.3%
Upright freezers	63,700	58,700	8.5%	258,900	266,200	-2.7%
Total freezers	157,000	141,000	11.3%	736,600	737,800	-0.2%
Refrigerators	775,400	715,400	8.4%	3,123,800	2,899,900	7.7%
Total refrigeration	932,400	856,400	8.9%	3,860,400	3,637,700	6.1%

Automatic washers	667,900	584,600	14.2%	2,939,600	2,742,500	7.2%
Electric dryers	443,600	389,800	13.8%	2,135,000	1,934,200	10.4%
Gas dryers	122,100	110,200	10.8%	568,300	523,000	8.7%
Total dryers	565,700	500,000	13.1%	2,703,300	2,457,200	10.0%
Total home laundry	1,233,600	1,084,600	13.7%	5,642,900	5,199,700	8.5%

Built-in dishwashers	509,100	435,100	17.0%	2,204,500	1,960,800	12.4%
Portable dishwashers	11,700	10,200	14.7%	52,800	51,800	1.9%
Total dishwashers	520,800	445,300	17.0%	2,257,300	2,012,600	12.2%

Disposers	468,600	435,600	7.6%	2,107,000	1,961,900	7.4%
Household trash compactors	10,400	9,600	8.3%	41,700	40,000	4.3%

SUBTOTAL†	4,819,500	4,520,600	6.6%	21,455,100	19,935,700	7.6%

Room air-conditioners†	1,121,400	1,566,400	-28.4%	4,065,000	4,940,700	-17.7%
Unitary air-conditioners	592,206	506,414	16.9%	1,761,249	1,639,349	7.4%
Heat pumps	173,156	136,146	27.2%	592,658	519,989	14.0%
Dehumidifiers†	124,600	179,800	-30.7%	465,400	539,100	-13.7%
Total air-conditioners	2,011,362	2,388,760	-15.8%	6,884,307	7,639,138	-9.9%

Gas warm air furnaces	239,465	190,131	25.9%	972,780	823,808	18.1%
Oil warm air furnaces	4,976	4,073	22.2%	31,885	28,791	10.7%
Total central heating##	244,441	194,204	25.9%	1,004,665	852,599	17.8%

Residential electric water heaters	378,575	329,901	14.8%	1,530,727	1,462,932	4.6%
Residential gas water heaters	408,493	536,821	-23.9%	1,652,815	1,859,449	-11.1%
Total residential water heaters	787,068	866,722	-9.2%	3,183,542	3,322,381	-4.2%

TOTAL	7,862,371	7,970,286	-1.4%	32,527,614	31,749,818	2.4%

Commercial gas water heaters	9,035	7,079	27.6%	34,349	32,055	7.2%
Commercial electric water heaters	5,027	3,630	38.5%	18,324	15,408	18.9%
Total commercial water heaters	14,062	10,709	31.3%	52,673	47,463	11.0%

Camcorders	557,576	531,840	4.8%	1,809,429	1,740,434	4.0%
Color televisions**	1,303,494	1,178,590	10.6%	6,274,842	5,740,123	9.3%
Color TV/VCR combinations	119,099	131,898	-9.7%	576,967	891,867	-35.3%
DVD players••	1,161,857	1,272,337	-8.7%	4,737,549	4,426,532	7.0%
Projection televisions	N/A	23,189	N/A	N/A	141,751	N/A
TV/DVD players	181,284	97,722	85.5%	576,967	891,867	-35.3%
VCR decks•	170,527	451,539	-62.2%	758,451	2,307,105	-67.1%
Digital televisions•••	309,098	132,474	133.3%	1,284,410	680,508	88.7%
Total video electronics#	3,802,935	3,819,589	-0.4%	16,018,615	16,820,187	-4.8%

Cooking & food processing portable appliances	7,731,118	5,837,787	32.4%	28,203,132	25,125,411	12.2%
Air treatment portable appliances	165,813	447,282	-62.9%	2,367,759	2,855,611	-17.1%
Total Portable Appliances###	7,896,931	6,285,069	25.6%	30,570,891	27,981,022	9.3%

Water softeners, commercial	4,458	4,121	8.2%	17,882	15,504	15.3%
Water softeners, residential	101,234	86,437	17.1%	363,966	362,334	0.5%

# Total video electronics now includes digital television.
••• Digital television category includes direct-view, projection, and LCD DTV.
## Due to a change in reporting procedures at the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA), totals for cast-iron gas boilers, steel gas boilers, cast-iron oil boilers,
and steel oil boilers will no longer be reported monthly, and will instead be reported on a quarterly basis.
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.
* Including imported microwave ovens and combination microwave oven/ranges
† Does not include exports
**Does not include projection television
•• Includes DVD/LD Combination Players
• Does not include digital VCRs
### Portable appliance category includes 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.