COLUMBUS, Ohio — Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced U.S. HVACR average distributor monthly sales successfully bounced back from a 1.8 percent decline in December with a gain of 19.4 percent in January.
The improvement was widespread with six of the seven reporting regions registering double-digit gains, and four of the regions producing gains that exceeded the overall average. The January 2013 month-over-month improvement was the strongest since November 2010, and helped boost the 12 month growth rate to 6.4 percent from the 5.6 percent rate produced in 2012.