Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 613,607 units in September 2019, up 3 percent from 595,701 units shipped in September 2018. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased .2 percent, to 380,581 units, up from 379,698 units shipped in September 2018. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 7.9 percent, to 233,026 units, up from 216,003 units shipped in September 2018.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 1.4 percent, to 6,984,349, up from 6,890,678 units shipped during the same period in 2018. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 1.1 percent, to 4,472,595 units, down from 4,521,126 units shipped during the same period in 2018. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 6 percent, to 2,511,754, up from 2,369,552 units shipped during the same period in 2018.
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