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U.S. Appliance Industry Shipment Statistics
Factory Unit Shipments for the month of February 2003

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	FEBRUARY			YEAR TO DATE
Appliance	2003	2002	CHANGE	2003	2002	CHANGE
Free-standing electric ranges	302,700	313,600	-3.5%	546,500	561,100	-2.6%
Built-in electric ranges	61,400	62,000	-1.0%	111,100	111,900	-0.7%
Surface cooking units	41,800	43,300	-3.5%	75,400	78,700	-4.2%
Total electric ranges	405,900	418,900	-3.1%	733,000	751,700	-2.5%
Free-standing gas ranges	206,100	213,000	-3.2%	361,100	382,700	-5.6%
Built-in gas ranges	4,900	6,300	-22.2%	9,300	11,300	-17.7%
Surface cooking units	31,600	32,700	-3.4%	56,500	57,000	-0.9%
Total gas ranges	242,600	252,000	-3.7%	426,900	451,000	-5.3%
Microwave ovens/ranges*	943,800	872,900	8.1%	1,552,600	1,443,300	7.6%
Total ranges	1,592,300	1,543,800	3.1%	2,712,500	2,646,000	2.5%

Chest freezers	116,400	109,500	6.3%	206,400	187,400	10.1%
Upright freezers	67,600	74,400	-9.1%	120,800	144,100	-16.2%
Total freezers	184,000	183,900	0.1%	327,200	331,500	-1.3%
Refrigerators	655,400	692,800	-5.4%	1,139,600	1,261,000	-9.6%
Total refrigeration	839,400	876,700	-4.3%	1,466,800	1,592,500	-7.9%

Automatic washers	643,400	607,600	5.9%	1,140,800	1,137,800	0.3%
Electric dryers	462,300	438,800	5.4%	812,400	822,200	-1.2%
Gas dryers	125,400	116,500	7.6%	215,700	216,900	-0.6%
Total dryers	587,700	555,300	5.8%	1,028,100	1,039,100	-1.1%
Total home laundry	1,231,100	1,162,900	5.9%	2,168,900	2,176,900	-0.4%

Built-in dishwashers	471,500	468,200	0.7%	822,600	851,100	-3.3%
Portable dishwashers	12,900	12,700	1.6%	24,200	24,100	0.4%
Total dishwashers	484,400	480,900	0.7%	846,800	875,200	-3.2%

Disposers	460,200	415,600	10.7%	845,800	823,000	2.8%
Household trash compactors	9,000	8,700	3.4%	16,400	16,900	-3.0%

SUBTOTAL†	4,616,400	4,488,600	2.8%	8,057,200	8,130,500	-0.9%

Room air-conditioners†	770,400	555,000	38.8%	951,200	679,800	39.9%
Unitary air-conditioners	332,142	335,403	-1.0%	602,078	599,571	0.4%
Heat pumps	122,541	110,208	11.2%	235,150	210,371	11.8%
Dehumidifiers†	83,900	30,600	174.2%	118,100	44,100	167.8%
Total air-conditioners	1,308,983	1,031,211	26.9%	1,906,528	1,533,842	24.3%

Gas warm air furnaces	205,603	195,379	5.2%	387,841	403,309	-3.8%
Oil warm air furnaces	8,486	6,963	21.9%	17,430	14,669	18.8%
Total central heating##	214,089	202,342	5.8%	2,429,899	1,995,920	21.7%

Electric water heaters	366,143	373,012	-1.8%	740,150	749,530	-1.3%
Gas water heaters	392,198	427,957	-8.4%	811,553	829,173	-2.1%
Total residential water heaters	758,341	800,969	-5.3%	1,551,703	1,578,703	-1.7%

TOTAL	6,897,813	6,523,122	5.7%	5,429,480	4,997,194	8.7%

Commercial gas water heaters	7,704	8,917	-13.6%	16,146	17,182	-6.0%
Commercial electric water heaters	3,802	3,852	-1.3%	7,452	7,527	-1.0%
Total commercial water heaters	11,506	12,769	-9.9%	23,598	24,709	-4.5%

Camcorders	322,593	397,107	-18.8%	494,749	599,670	-17.5%
Color televisions**	1,566,460	1,645,297	-4.8%	2,560,708	2,770,189	-7.6%
Color TV/VCR combinations	234,089	405,254	-42.2%	470,114	612,195	-23.2%
DVD players†††	743,488	736,118	1.0%	1,540,512	1,278,816	20.5%
Projection televisions	35,445	64,399	-45.0%	63,581	106,706	-40.4%
TV/DVD players	83,511	17,333	381.8%	123,946	31,110	298.4%
VCR decks††	449,409	771,851	-41.8%	964,898	1,404,607	-31.3%
Total video electronics	3,434,995	4,037,359	-14.9%	5,723,759	6,203,623	-7.7%

Portable appliances###	5,836,785	6,315,358	-7.6%	11,328,421	11,235,606	0.8%
Air Treatment	581,550	557,271	4.4%	1,228,491	1,457,690	-15.7%

Water softeners, commercial	3,675	3,357	9.5%	7,183	7,118	0.9%
Water softeners, residential	91,379	85,479	6.9%	180,924	167,227	8.2%

## 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.

* 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'

### 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.