ARLINGTON, VA — According to the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), combined U.S. factory shipments of 452,751 central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps for September were up 10% compared to shipments from the same month last year. Heat pump shipments of 100,516 were down 6% compared to last September. Combined unitary shipments for the first nine months are 7% ahead of last year’s shipments.
ARI also said that factory stocks for September 2002 were up 26,382 units from August 2002 and down 33,858 units from September 2001.