ARLINGTON, VA — Combined U.S. factory shipments of 572,150 central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for April were down 8% compared to shipments from the same month last year, according to Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) statistics. The year-to-date total is 2,095,319 units, which is down 9% from January to April 2000.
Heat pump shipments of 121,052 for April were up 9% over last year. Year-to-date, they total 468,326, which is an increase of 6% from the same period last year.