Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 460,002 units in November 2019, up 2.1 percent from 450,399 units shipped in November 2018. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 2.4 percent, to 267,994 units, down from 274,586 units shipped in November 2018. U.S. shipments of airsource heat pumps increased 9.2 percent, to 192,008 units, up from 175,813 units shipped in November 2018.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 1.4 percent, to 7,960,827, up from 7,848,276 units shipped during the same period in 2018. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 1 percent, to 5,056,087 units, down from 5,107,440 units shipped during the same period in 2018. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 6 percent, to 2,904,740, up from 2,740,836 units shipped during the same period in 2018.
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