Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 983,801 units in April 2021, up 55.2 percent from 634,036 units shipped in April 2020. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 51.4 percent, to 602,723 units, up from 398,040 units shipped in April 2020. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 61.5 percent, to 381,078 units, up from 235,996 units shipped in April 2020.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 25 percent, to 3,232,530 units, up from 2,585,007 units shipped during the same period in 2020. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 23.6 percent, to 1,951,245 units, up from 1,579,040 units shipped during the same period in 2020. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 27.4 percent, to 1,281,285, up from 1,005,967 units shipped during the same period in 2020.
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