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2010.02.01

Venezuela Announces Minimum Allowable EERs for Import

Venezuela government published its regulations on the requirement of the minimum allowable values of the energy efficiency ratios (EERs) for some types of the imported air conditioners.   According to the new regulation, the following window type, small-sized, and split air conditioners are forbidden to be imported. i) For the window type air conditioner with cooling capacity lower than or eq...

2009.11.05

3.2 Spanish Chiller Market

Contributed by José María Ortiz García, Director General,AFEC Market Evolution In 2004, the Spanish market for chillers and heat pumps totaled approximately 120 million and nearly 7,500 units of different sizes. Four years later, badly affected by the worldwide financial crisis, added to the country-specific building downturn, almost similar figures reflect the decline of a sector that peaked in...

2009.08.03

2.5 Other Regions

In Australia, ATW heat pumps are commonly installed in hot sanitary water and the retrofitting segment. The quantity of ATW heat pumps tend to increase over time due to new regulations and laws in the...

2009.08.02

Climate World 2010 and Mattex to be Held Together

CW 2010 will open in Moscow on March 9, 2010. It is a unique chance to attract attention of the HVAC&R companies not only from all regions of Russia but also companies from overseas that have cooperation between customers, dealers and suppliers dealing with HVAC&R equipment in the Russian market. CW 2010 will use a new area at the Expo Center Fairgrounds together with the Mattex International Spec...

2009.08.02

Business Meetings to Be Held during Febrava 2009

The export-related Abrava Exporta program is scheduled to hold international business meetings from September 23 to 25 during the 16th Febrava trade fair. A variety of meetings are slated with HVAC&R divisions of Brazilian companies and companies from regions such as Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe. In addition, four journalists active in the...

2009.08.02

Project Takes Place in Argentina and Uruguay

The export-related Abrava Exporta program lent support to Brazilian companies participating in the Vendedor (Vendor) project held in Argentina and Uruguay from August 3 to 7.Meetings were held between HVAC&R divisions of Brazilian companies and business leaders from Argentina and Uruguay to discuss ways to develop business as well as imports and exports among the three countries.According to L...

2003.05.25

11. Latin America

For the last few years the market in Latin America countries has grown favorably till it topped 2.1 million units in 2000. The market decreased slightly in 2001 and further in 2002. It is estimated the market size in 2002 is 1.9 million units. The Brazilian market, the largest one, is around 950,000 units, followed by Mexico with 350,000 units. The market size of Argentina was 250,000 ~ 300,000 un...

2004.05.04

14. Other Areas

The entire Africandemand is estimated at about 0.6 million units in 2003, and this figure has gradually increased for the last few years.   Note: The Egypt Market is included in the previous section “The Middle East.”   Recently LGE has become active in the African market, especially in South Africa, where Daikin, Carrier, Matsushita have been major players. Chinese manufacturers such as...

2005.05.25

12. Latin America

Window RACs are dominant in the Latin American market, which is estimated at 2.2 million units in 2004 with around 1.5 million window units and 0.5 million units of ductless mini-splits. It is expected that mini-splits will gradually replace windows. Most of the Latin American countries have imposed very high import tariffs on products. 2004 was a record year for imports of air conditioning produc...

2006.05.26

7. Hong Kong

The estimated domestic demand in 2005 was 500,000 units having shown a 10% increase from the previous year. The rate of penetration in Hong Kong is already high and a majority of the demand is for replacement. The window cooling-only type dominates the market, which accounts for around 85% and those made in Taiwan and Southeast Asia under Japanese brands are the mainstream. Hitachi enjoys the top ...