WASHINGTON, DC — With supply chain delays, inflation and other market headwinds taking a toll, domestic shipments of major home appliances posted a significant decline in 2022, falling well below shipments during the same twelve-month period in 2021, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers reported.
According to the Washington, DC-based AHAM, major appliance shipments totaled 79.8 million units in 2022, down 7.9% from the 86.6 million units that were shipped in 2021. Contributing to the yearlong decline was a 9.7% dip in domestic appliance shipments during the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to one year earlier.
2022 declines were posted in all key product categories, including home laundry equipment (-12.1%), cooking (-4.6%), kitchen cleanup (-4.0%), and food preservation (-3.3%), AHAM reported.