Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 634,036 units in April 2020, down 14.7 percent from 743,068 units shipped in April 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 18.6 percent, to 398,040 units, down from 488,907 units shipped in April 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 7.1 percent, to 235,996 units, down from 254,161 units shipped in April 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 0.7 percent, to 2,585,007, down from 2,604,077 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 1.5 percent, to 1,579,040 units, down from 1,602,941 units shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 0.5 percent, to 1,005,967, up from 1,001,136 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
