| FACTORY
UNIT SHIPMENTS
Originally published in the October
2003 issue of APPLIANCE Magazine. |
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July |
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YEAR
TO DATE |
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| Appliance |
2003 |
2002 |
CHANGE |
2003 |
2002 |
CHANGE |
| Free-standing
electric ranges |
286,100 |
258,700 |
10.6% |
2,254,700 |
2,214,700 |
1.8% |
| Built-in
electric ranges |
58,200 |
50,600 |
15.0% |
445,700 |
420,100 |
6.1% |
| Surface
cooking units |
38,100 |
33,800 |
12.7% |
300,100 |
295,500 |
1.6% |
| Total
electric ranges |
382,400 |
343,100 |
11.5% |
3,000,500 |
2,930,300 |
2.4% |
| Free-standing
gas ranges |
193,000 |
168,500 |
14.5% |
1,514,700 |
1,500,700 |
0.9% |
| Built-in
gas ranges |
4,000 |
4,200 |
-4.8% |
34,500 |
38,500 |
-10.4% |
| Surface
cooking units |
32,000 |
27,100 |
18.1% |
244,600 |
227,000 |
7.8% |
| Total
gas ranges |
229,000 |
199,800 |
14.6% |
1,793,800 |
1,766,200 |
1.6% |
| Microwave
ovens/ranges* |
960,300 |
973,400 |
-1.3% |
7,576,800 |
7,365,800 |
2.9% |
| Total
ranges |
1,571,700 |
1,516,300 |
3.7% |
12,371,100 |
12,062,300 |
2.6% |
| |
| Chest
freezers |
107,400 |
119,000 |
-9.7% |
804,200 |
771,500 |
4.2% |
| Upright
freezers |
85,000 |
90,100 |
-5.7% |
496,700 |
553,800 |
-10.3% |
| Total
freezers |
192,400 |
209,100 |
-8.0% |
1,300,900 |
1,325,300 |
-1.8% |
| Refrigerators |
815,500 |
827,700 |
-1.5% |
5,525,100 |
5,622,500 |
-1.7% |
| Total
refrigeration |
1,007,900 |
1,036,800 |
-2.8% |
6,826,000 |
6,947,800 |
-1.8% |
| |
| Automatic
washers |
581,400 |
513,400 |
13.2% |
4,525,200 |
4,455,800 |
1.6% |
| Electric
dryers |
398,700 |
338,300 |
17.9% |
3,170,300 |
3,107,500 |
2.0% |
| Gas
dryers |
114,200 |
93,100 |
22.7% |
860,700 |
842,700 |
2.1% |
| Total
dryers |
512,900 |
431,400 |
18.9% |
4,031,000 |
3,950,200 |
2.0% |
| Total
home laundry |
1,094,300 |
944,800 |
15.8% |
8,556,200 |
8,406,000 |
1.8% |
| |
| Built-in
dishwashers |
440,300 |
419,800 |
4.9% |
3,377,300 |
3,355,300 |
0.7% |
| Portable
dishwashers |
9,100 |
8,600 |
5.8% |
82,800 |
88,000 |
-5.9% |
| Total
dishwashers |
449,400 |
428,400 |
4.9% |
3,460,100 |
3,443,300 |
0.5% |
| |
| Disposers |
471,500 |
425,300 |
10.9% |
3,372,400 |
3,217,900 |
4.8% |
| Household
trash compactors |
8,700 |
8,100 |
7.4% |
67,500 |
66,300 |
1.8% |
| |
| SUBTOTAL† |
4,603,500 |
4,359,700 |
5.6% |
34,653,300 |
34,143,600 |
1.5% |
| |
| Room
air-conditioners† |
826,100 |
618,100 |
33.7% |
8,342,000 |
5,765,100 |
44.7% |
| Unitary
air-conditioners |
535,176 |
559,064 |
-4.3% |
3,532,346 |
3,631,786 |
-2.7% |
| Heat
pumps |
147,634 |
128,774 |
14.6% |
1,017,992 |
971,291 |
4.8% |
| Dehumidifiers† |
133,200 |
68,700 |
93.9% |
1,027,400 |
668,500 |
53.7% |
| Total
air-conditioners |
1,642,110 |
1,374,638 |
19.5% |
13,919,738 |
11,036,677 |
26.1% |
| |
| Gas
warm air furnaces |
232,114 |
213,496 |
8.7% |
1,597,103 |
1,629,901 |
-2.0% |
| Oil
warm air furnaces |
7,188 |
6,872 |
4.6% |
49,042 |
46,923 |
4.5% |
| Total
central heating## |
239,302 |
220,368 |
8.6% |
1,646,145 |
1,676,824 |
-1.8% |
| |
| Electric
water heaters |
282,450 |
316,439 |
-10.7% |
2,453,239 |
2,525,874 |
-2.9% |
| Gas
water heaters |
262,564 |
340,249 |
-22.8% |
3,233,455 |
2,846,206 |
13.6% |
| Total
residential water heaters |
545,014 |
656,688 |
-17.0% |
5,686,694 |
5,372,080 |
5.9% |
| |
| TOTAL |
7,029,926 |
6,611,394 |
6.3% |
55,905,877 |
52,229,181 |
7.0% |
| |
| Commercial gas water
heaters |
6,113 |
6,394 |
-4.4% |
53,560 |
57,730 |
-7.2% |
| Commercial electric
water heaters |
3,717 |
3,385 |
9.8% |
27,424 |
26,637 |
3.0% |
| Total commercial water
heaters |
9,830 |
9,779 |
0.5% |
80,984 |
84,367 |
-4.0% |
| |
| Camcorders |
288,255 |
353,493 |
-18.5% |
3,042,721 |
3,217,667 |
-5.4% |
| Color
televisions** |
1,200,590 |
1,850,158 |
-35.1% |
10,386,892 |
11,494,180 |
-9.6% |
| Color
TV/VCR combinations |
191,832 |
293,970 |
-34.7% |
1,707,034 |
2,605,667 |
-34.5% |
| DVD
players•• |
999,508 |
966,129 |
3.5% |
8,859,369 |
7,327,345 |
20.9% |
| Projection
televisions |
12,324 |
36,631 |
-66.4% |
201,784 |
419,399 |
-51.9% |
| TV/DVD
players |
96,912 |
52,667 |
84.0% |
753,216 |
225,932 |
233.4% |
| VCR
decks• |
295,972 |
1,367,644 |
-78.4% |
3,489,742 |
7,288,441 |
-52.1% |
| Digital
televisions••• |
239,857 |
N/A |
N/A |
1,678,570 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Total
video electronics# |
3,325,250 |
4,920,692 |
-32.4% |
30,119,328 |
32,578,631 |
-7.5% |
| |
| Portable
appliances### |
8,300,919 |
7,608,393 |
9.1% |
49,996,969 |
49,330,014 |
1.4% |
| Air
Treatment |
1,978,520 |
849,679 |
132.9% |
5,267,888 |
3,744,849 |
40.7% |
| |
| Water
softeners, commercial |
4,101 |
4,327 |
-5.2% |
28,380 |
29,138 |
-2.6% |
| Water
softeners, residential |
77,152 |
78,968 |
-2.3% |
596,130 |
613,083 |
-2.8% |
*
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
****
Includes returns from retailers to manufacturers
#
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.
###
Portable appliance category includes air heaters,
blenders, broilers, can openers, coffeemakers, coffee
grinders, corn poppers, countertop ovens, embedded
indoor grills, food choppers, food processors, food
steamers, fry pans, griddles, hot plates, humidifiers,
irons, juicers, knives, mixers, rice steamers, sandwich
makers, toaster ovens, toasters, and waffle irons.
These numbers do not include exports.
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.
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