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Monthly U.S. Shipment
Statistics 1995 - Present
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October 2008: U.S. Appliance Industry Factory Unit Shipment Statistics - Factory Unit Shipments for the month of July 2008
September 2008: U.S. Appliance Industry Factory Unit Shipment Statistics - Factory Unit Shipments Statistics for the month of June 2008

U.S. Appliance Industry Factory Unit Shipment Statistics

		February			YEAR TO DATE
Appliance	2001	2000	CHANGE	2001	2000	CHANGE
Free-standing electric ranges	270,600	301,000	-10.10%	501,000	558,900	-10.40%
Built-in electric ranges	53,100	54,700	-2.90%	100,600	104,700	-3.90%
Surface cooking units	36,700	41,600	-11.80%	70,700	75,700	-6.60%
Total electric ranges	360,400	397,300	-9.30%	672,300	739,300	-9.10%
Free-standing gas ranges	177,300	213,200	-16.80%	335,300	396,800	-15.50%
Built-in gas ranges	5,900	5,800	1.70%	10,900	10,300	5.80%
Surface cooking units	26,400	29,300	-9.90%	49,700	53,900	-7.80%
Total gas ranges	209,600	248,300	-15.60%	395,900	461,000	-14.10%
Microwave ovens/ranges*	896,800	1,049,400	-14.50%	1,373,500	1,873,900	-26.70%
Total ranges	1,466,800	1,695,000	-13.50%	2,441,700	3,074,200	-20.60%

Chest freezers	80,800	83,700	-3.50%	154,300	144,500	6.80%
Upright freezers	70,500	71,100	-0.80%	127,700	125,700	1.60%
Total freezers	151,300	154,800	-2.30%	282,000	270,200	4.40%
Refrigerators	589,600	602,100	-2.10%	1,077,800	1,142,100	-5.60%
Total refrigeration	740,900	756,900	-2.10%	1,359,800	1,412,300	-3.70%

Automatic washers	589,400	635,100	-7.20%	1,082,300	1,190,300	-9.10%
Electric dryers	407,700	424,400	-3.90%	769,000	794,900	-3.30%
Gas dryers	110,800	113,500	-2.40%	211,800	218,800	-3.20%
Total dryers	462,400	537,900	-14.00%	980,800	1,013,700	-3.20%
Total home laundry	1,051,800	1,173,000	-10.30%	2,063,100	2,204,000	-6.40%

Built-in dishwashers	412,300	417,000	-1.10%	760,800	815,300	-6.70%
Portable dishwashers	12,900	13,000	-0.80%	26,500	27,400	-3.30%
Total dishwashers	425,200	430,000	-1.10%	787,300	842,700	-6.60%

Disposers	425,800	470,700	-9.50%	817,100	913,300	-10.50%
Household trash compactors	10,800	9,900	9.10%	19,000	18,300	3.80%

SUBTOTAL⁺	4,121,300	4,535,500	-9.10%	7,488,000	8,464,800	-11.50%

Room air-conditioners⁺	560,200	688,500	-18.60%	737,400	1,014,800	-27.30%
Unitary air-conditioners	348,949	409,840	-14.90%	615,893	748,584	-17.70%
Heat pumps	110,066	100,955	9.00%	201,677	174,603	15.50%
Dehumidifiers⁺	38,700	52,000	-25.60%	101,200	75,400	34.20%
Total air-conditioners	1,057,915	1,251,295	-15.50%	1,656,170	2,013,387	-17.70%

Gas warm air furnaces	202,554	211,717	-4.30%	415,598	433,088	-4.00%
Oil warm air furnaces	6,797	7,884	-13.80%	15,780	16,773	-5.90%
Gas boilers	12,299	14,014	-12.20%	29,886	28,535	4.50%
Oil boilers	6,711	7,688	-12.70%	15,982	16,578	-3.60%
Total central heating	228,361	241,303	-5.40%	477,246	494,974	-3.60%

Electric water heaters	392,030	385,231	1.80%	761,943	728,527	4.60%
Gas water heaters	463,397	446,120	3.90%	894,971	852,127	5.00%
Total residential water heaters	855,427	831,351	2.90%	1,656,914	1,580,654	4.80%

TOTAL	6,263,003	6,859,449	-8.70%	11,278,330	12,553,815	-10.20%

Camcorders	339,722	300,892	12.90%	549,810	597,578	-8.00%
Color televisions**	1,580,920	1,577,367	0.20%	2,915,664	2,939,928	-0.80%
Color TV/VCR combinations	293,066	297,506	-1.50%	512,667	511,865	0.20%
DVD players##	555,856	401,035	38.60%	1,127,887	771,066	46.30%
Projection televisions	71,243	102,244	-30.30%	140,571	191,418	-26.60%
VCR deck#	1,169,296	1,386,449	-15.70%	1,929,516	2,514,658	-23.30%
Total video electronics	4,010,103	2,341,086	71.30%	7,176,115	7,526,513	-4.70%

Portable appliances###	7,443,069	6,860,462	8.50%	14,329,878	13,107,412	9.30%

Water softeners, commercial	4,138	4,511	-8.30%	8,320	10,143	-18.00%
Water softeners, residential	74,861	85,969	-12.90%	155,029	169,587	-8.60%

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

### 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.