According to the data published by National Bureau of Statistics of China about output and growth rate of major industrial products, in the first nine month of the year air conditioners increased by 13.9% compared to the same period of 2013, reaching 122,960,000.3 units. Refrigerators registered a growth of +1.9% (73,890,000 units). Besides, the trend of washing machines and freezers was negative, respectively -3.8% (50,980,000.8 units) and -2.8% (14,150,000.4 units).