U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 851,939 units in March 2020, up 4.7 percent from 813,605 units shipped in March 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 6.1 percent, to 546,992 units, up from 515,353 units shipped in March 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 2.2 percent, to 304,947 units, up from 298,252 units shipped in March 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 4.8 percent, to 1,950,971, up from 1,861,009 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners increased 6.0 percent, to 1,181,000 units, up from 1,114,034 units shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 3.1 percent, to 769,971, up from 746,975 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
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