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

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Revised March 17, 2005.

	November			YEAR TO DATE
Appliance	2004	2003	CHANGE	2004	2003	CHANGE
Free-standing electric ranges	397,600	380,500	4.5%	4,103,800	3,817,200	7.5%
Built-in electric ranges	85,300	73,500	16.1%	863,600	752,200	14.8%
Surface cooking units	44,900	42,600	5.4%	511,400	488,600	4.7%
Total electric ranges	527,800	496,600	6.3%	5,478,800	5,058,000	8.3%
Free-standing gas ranges	279,200	258,500	8.0%	2,777,000	2,605,200	6.6%
Built-in gas ranges	6,800	6,500	4.6%	58,900	58,900	0.0%
Surface cooking units	42,900	33,900	26.5%	473,900	409,500	15.7%
Total gas ranges	328,900	298,900	10.0%	3,309,800	3,073,600	7.7%
Microwave ovens/ranges (Including imported microwave ovens and combination microwave oven/ranges)	1,458,000	1,307,700	11.5%	13,745,300	13,222,000	4.0%
Total ranges	2,314,700	2,103,200	10.1%	22,533,900	21,353,600	5.5%

Chest freezers	108,900	108,100	0.7%	1,369,500	1,377,200	-0.6%
Upright freezers	81,500	86,800	-6.1%	903,600	917,100	-1.5%
Total freezers	190,400	194,900	-2.3%	2,273,100	2,294,300	-0.9%
Refrigerators	767,300	699,600	9.7%	9,921,600	9,202,000	7.8%
Total refrigeration	957,700	894,500	7.1%	12,194,700	11,496,300	6.1%

Automatic washers	684,500	612,200	11.8%	7,889,100	7,354,500	7.3%
Electric dryers	478,600	442,800	8.1%	5,579,400	5,128,000	8.8%
Gas dryers	128,100	128,600	-0.4%	1,484,300	1,444,700	2.7%
Total dryers	606,700	571,400	6.2%	7,063,700	6,572,700	7.5%
Total home laundry	1,291,200	1,183,600	9.1%	14,952,800	13,927,200	7.4%

Built-in dishwashers	550,100	532,300	3.3%	6,232,400	5,665,200	10.0%
Portable dishwashers	13,200	11,900	10.9%	133,500	128,800	3.6%
Total dishwashers	563,300	544,200	3.5%	6,365,900	5,794,000	9.9%

Disposers	492,200	556,900	-11.6%	5,990,000	5,729,200	4.6%
Household trash compactors	10,300	10,700	-3.7%	115,900	112,200	3.3%

SUBTOTAL (Does not include exports)	5,629,400	5,293,100	6.4%	62,153,200	58,412,500	6.4%

Room air-conditioners (Does not include exports)	-170,000	-178,000	N/A	7,134,100	8,192,900	-12.9%
Unitary air-conditioners	258,165	271,589	-4.9%	5,238,363	4,926,563	6.3%
Heat pumps	116,524	116,964	-0.4%	1,756,193	1,517,052	15.8%
Dehumidifiers (Does not include exports)	32,500	24,500	32.7%	1,300,200	1,294,800	0.4%
Total air-conditioning	237,189	235,053	0.9%	15,428,856	15,931,315	-3.2%

Gas warm-air furnaces	314,996	342,151	-7.9%	3,192,682	2,989,505	6.8%
Oil warm-air furnaces	14,895	16,466	-9.5%	117,879	113,724	3.7%
Total central heating	329,891	358,617	-8.0%	3,310,561	3,103,229	6.7%

Residential electric water heaters	410,250	403,082	1.8%	4,093,348	3,967,419	3.2%
Residential gas water heaters	461,475	398,177	15.9%	4,485,660	4,649,068	-3.5%
Total residential water heaters	871,725	801,259	8.8%	8,579,008	8,616,487	-0.4%

TOTAL	7,068,205	6,688,029	5.7%	89,471,625	86,063,531	4.0%

Commercial gas water heaters	8,841	7,610	16.2%	86,541	81,512	6.2%
Commercial electric water heaters	4,581	4,419	3.7%	51,818	43,921	18.0%
Total commercial water heaters	13,422	12,029	11.6%	138,359	125,433	10.3%

Camcorders	763,214	849,749	-10.2%	5,202,163	5,188,265	0.3%
Color televisions (Does not include projection television)	2,062,506	2,262,052	-8.8%	17,761,946	18,343,730	-3.2%
Color TV/VCR combinations	156,549	272,769	-42.6%	1,373,520	2,606,226	-47.3%
DVD players (Includes DVD/LD Combination Players)	2,723,920	3,682,691	-26.0%	18,346,635	18,967,306	-3.3%
Projection televisions	N/A	15,774	N/A	N/A	258,442	N/A
TV/DVD players	256,808	180,869	42.0%	1,923,537	1,354,287	42.0%
VCR decks (Does not include digital VCRs)	199,189	626,463	-68.2%	2,122,782	5,872,979	-63.9%
Digital televisions (Includes direct-view, projection, and LCD DTV)	456,564	373,610	22.2%	3,925,966	2,675,157	46.8%
Total video electronics	6,618,750	8,263,977	-19.9%	50,656,549	55,266,392	-8.3%

Cooking & food processing portable appliances	11,880,418	13,524,374	-12.2%	93,853,693	99,825,643	-6.0%
Air treatment portable appliances	1,833,271	2,953,923	-37.9%	12,387,271	18,137,079	-31.7%
Total portable appliances (see below)	13,713,689	16,478,297	-16.8%	106,240,964	117,962,722	-9.9%

Reverse Osmosis Residential Point-Of-Use Drinking Water Units	20,074	15,590	28.8%	246,622	203,631	21.1%
Reverse Osmosis Portable/Countertop Units	201	497	-59.6%	3,991	6,255	-36.2%

Water softeners, commercial	4,176	4,166	0.2%	49,857	45,581	9.4%
Water softeners, residential	81,478	78,881	3.3%	1,011,664	941,503	7.5%
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.