| |
October |
October |
|
YEAR
TO DATE |
YEAR
TO DATE |
|
| Appliance |
1999 |
1998 |
CHANGE |
1999 |
1998 |
CHANGE |
| Free-standing
electric ranges |
320,000 |
295,400 |
8.30% |
3,066,400 |
2,841,500 |
7.90% |
| Built-in
electric ranges |
61,700 |
54,600 |
13.00% |
570,600 |
530,100 |
7.60% |
| Surface
cooking units |
41,100 |
47,300 |
-13.10% |
403,800 |
412,400 |
-2.10% |
| Total
electric ranges |
422,800 |
397,300 |
6.40% |
4,040,800 |
3,784,000 |
6.80% |
| Free-standing
gas ranges |
241,400 |
218,500 |
10.50% |
2,172,900 |
2,048,200 |
6.10% |
| Built-in
gas ranges |
6,400 |
6,600 |
-3.00% |
57,500 |
57,400 |
0.20% |
| Surface
cooking units |
32,500 |
34,200 |
-5.00% |
302,400 |
276,700 |
9.30% |
| Total
gas ranges |
280,300 |
259,300 |
8.10% |
2,532,800 |
2,382,300 |
6.30% |
| Microwave
ovens/ranges* |
1,098,800 |
1,016,600 |
8.10% |
9,156,500 |
8,646,300 |
5.90% |
| Total
ranges |
1,801,900 |
1,673,200 |
7.70% |
15,730,100 |
14,812,600 |
6.20% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Chest
freezers |
78,900 |
68,900 |
14.50% |
852,900 |
715,200 |
19.30% |
| Upright
freezers |
82,600 |
65,000 |
27.10% |
756,600 |
616,200 |
22.80% |
| Total
freezers |
161,500 |
133,900 |
20.60% |
1,609,500 |
1,331,400 |
20.90% |
| Refrigerators |
680,200 |
656,600 |
3.60% |
7,675,600 |
7,458,400 |
2.90% |
| Total
refrigeration |
841,700 |
790,500 |
6.50% |
9,285,100 |
8,789,800 |
5.60% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Automatic
washers |
545,500 |
515,100 |
5.90% |
6,106,200 |
5,680,000 |
7.50% |
| Electric
dryers |
366,500 |
340,700 |
7.60% |
4,018,400 |
3,681,400 |
9.20% |
| Gas
dryers |
120,300 |
97,800 |
23.00% |
1,200,400 |
1,069,600 |
12.20% |
| Total
dryers |
486,800 |
438,500 |
11.00% |
5,218,800 |
4,751,000 |
9.80% |
| Total
home laundry |
1,032,300 |
953,600 |
8.30% |
11,325,000 |
10,431,000 |
8.60% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Built-in
dishwashers |
468,700 |
383,600 |
22.20% |
4,436,400 |
4,074,800 |
8.90% |
| Portable
dishwashers |
10,100 |
13,100 |
-22.90% |
133,000 |
139,300 |
-4.50% |
| Total
dishwashers |
478,800 |
396,700 |
20.70% |
4,569,400 |
4,214,100 |
8.40% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Disposers |
419,000 |
440,100 |
-4.80% |
4,444,800 |
4,099,000 |
8.40% |
| Household
trash compactors |
10,600 |
9,000 |
17.80% |
92,100 |
87,800 |
4.90% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| SUBTOTAL+ |
4,584,300 |
4,263,100 |
7.50% |
45,446,500 |
42,434,300 |
7.10% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Room
air-conditioners+ |
42,500 |
54,800 |
-22.40% |
5,896,700 |
4,145,400 |
42.20% |
| Unitary
air-conditioners |
309,398 |
312,492 |
-1.00% |
4,765,694 |
4,485,300 |
6.30% |
| Heat
pumps |
95,738 |
105,312 |
-9.10% |
1,115,244 |
1,103,092 |
1.10% |
| Dehumidifiers+ |
27,900 |
19,200 |
45.30% |
863,900 |
1,000,800 |
-13.70% |
| Total
air-conditioners |
475,536 |
491,804 |
-3.30% |
12,641,538 |
10,734,592 |
17.80% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gas
warm air furnaces |
316,268 |
323,461 |
-2.20% |
2,576,561 |
2,498,021 |
3.10% |
| Oil
warm air furnaces |
18,094 |
18,128 |
-0.20% |
101,200 |
101,814 |
-0.60% |
| Gas
boilers |
28,445 |
25,098 |
13.30% |
153,416 |
141,607 |
8.30% |
| Oil
boilers |
18,940 |
18,309 |
3.40% |
119,432 |
116,990 |
2.10% |
| Total
central heating |
381,747 |
384,996 |
-0.80% |
2,950,609 |
2,858,432 |
3.20% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electric
water heaters |
342,948 |
345,637 |
-0.80% |
3,544,113 |
3,471,085 |
2.10% |
| Gas
water heaters |
416,245 |
415,377 |
0.20% |
4,063,147 |
3,825,884 |
6.20% |
| Total
residential water heaters |
759,193 |
761,014 |
-0.20% |
7,607,260 |
7,296,969 |
4.30% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Gas
hearth products, vent-freeˇ |
N/A |
48748 |
N/A |
N/A |
307,601 |
N/A |
| Gas
vented wall furnaces |
N/A |
13,043 |
N/A |
N/A |
58,474 |
N/A |
| Room
heaters, unvented |
70,638 |
67,525 |
4.60% |
360,326 |
340,407 |
5.90% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
6,271,414 |
6,030,230 |
4.00% |
69,006,233 |
64,030,775 |
7.80% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Camcorders |
580,641 |
422,475 |
37.40% |
3,939,370 |
3,237,872 |
21.70% |
| Color
televisions** |
2,570,389 |
2,269,565 |
13.30% |
18,744,635 |
18,084,641 |
3.60% |
| Color
TV/VCR combinations |
516,089 |
389,707 |
32.40% |
3,634,655 |
2,568,620 |
41.50% |
| DVD
players## |
603,048 |
163,074 |
269.80% |
2,976,406 |
718,848 |
314.10% |
| Projection
televisions |
138,068 |
114,491 |
20.60% |
948,950 |
838,012 |
13.20% |
| VCR
deck# |
2,777,711 |
2,141,572 |
29.70% |
18,233,247 |
14,302,308 |
27.50% |
| Total
video electronics |
7,185,946 |
5,500,884 |
30.60% |
48,477,263 |
39,750,301 |
22.00% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Portable
appliances### |
13,856,536 |
14,482,096 |
-4.30% |
80,051,207 |
76,549,299 |
4.60% |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Water
softeners, commercial |
5,321 |
2,761 |
92.70% |
47,118 |
29,013 |
62.40% |
| Water
softeners, residential |
84,367 |
76,342 |
10.50% |
785,353 |
744,167 |
5.50% |
|
| 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
**** Includes returns from retailers to manufacturers
ˇ Includes gas fireboxes, gas fireplaces, gas inserts, gas logs, and gas stoves |
| ###
Portable appliance category includes air
cleaners, air heaters, blenders, broilers,
can openers, coffeemakers, coffee grinders,
corn poppers, countertop ovens, food choppers,
food processors, fry pans, griddles, hot
plates, humidifiers, irons, juicers, knives,
mixers, sandwich makers, toaster ovens, toasters,
and waffle irons. These numbers do not include
exports. |
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