Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 777,815 units in May 2020, down 22.7 percent from 1,005,646 units shipped in May 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 20.7 percent, to 522,624 units, down from 659,423 units shipped in May 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 26.3 percent, to 255,191 units, down from 346,223 units shipped in May 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 6.8 percent, to 3,362,822 units, down from 3,609,723 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 7.1 percent, to 2,101,664 units, down from 2,262,364 units shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 6.4 percent, to 1,261,158, down from 1,347,359 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
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