Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 940,462 units in April 2022, down 4.4 percent from 983,801 units shipped in April 2021. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 1.6 percent, to 592,889 units, down from 602,723 units shipped in April 2021. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 8.8 percent, to 347,573 units, down from 381,078 units shipped in April 2021.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 4.4 percent, to 3,374,535 units, up from 3,232,530 units shipped during the same period in 2021. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 4.2 percent, to 2,032,270 units, up from 1,951,245 units shipped during the same period in 2021. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 4.8 percent, to 1,342,265, up from 1,281,285 units shipped during the same period in 2021.
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