Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 712,049 units in April 2023, down 24.3 percent from 940,462 units shipped in April 2022. U.S. shipments of air conditioners decreased 29.3 percent, to 418,975 units, down from 592,889 units shipped in April 2022. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps decreased 15.7 percent, to 293,074 units, down from 347,573 units shipped in April 2022.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 15.6 percent, to 2,848,973 units, down from 3,374,535 units shipped during the same period in 2022. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 22.0 percent, to 1,585,783 units, down from 2,032,270 units shipped during the same period in 2022. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 5.9 percent, to 1,263,190, down from 1,342,265 units shipped during the same period in 2022.
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