April 2013

The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association

Vol. 13-02

1. Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the amendment to the Fluorocarbons Recovery andDestruction Law
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that on April 19, 2013, the Cabinet
decided to approve the Bill for the amendment to the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law.
METI and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) are jointly to submit the Bill to this session of theDiet.
The Bill aims to shift from fluorocarbons currently in use for mainly air conditioning andrefrigeration units to the low GWP or non-fluorocarbon refrigerants. JRAIA welcomes thisamendment because it is harmonized with JRAIA’s policy for global warming prevention. Please go tothe URL below to see the outline of the revision.
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2013/0419_01.html

2. Progress Report 2012 on Risk Assessment of Mildly Flammable Refrigerants
Risk assessment of mildly flammable refrigerants has been carried out since 2011 by a reseachcommittee of Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE). The progress
report from 2011 to 2012 will be made available in English on a website of JSRAE in the end of May,
2013. http://www.jsrae.or.jp/jsrae/Eindex-2.html

3. WTO / TBT Notification on EU’s Proposed Revision of the F-gas Regulation
The Government of Japan and the JRAIA intend to submit their respective comments on theProposed Revision of the F-gas Regulation. Japan’s comments mainly focus on the prohibition ofpre-charging (Article 12) and allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market(Article 14).

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4. The 7th Three Associations Meeting
Three associations, i.e. China Refrigeration andAir-conditioning Industry Association (CRAA), Korea
RefrigerationandAir-conditioning

Industry

Association (KRAIA) and Japan Refrigeration andAir Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) held
their 7th Annual Meeting in Seoul on 11 March 2013prior to the HARFKO 2013.
The members exchanged updated information on
their statistics, current situation of the next
generation refrigerants in each country and exhibitions organized by each association. The next
meeting is scheduled for 2014 in Japan.

5. RAC and PAC Domestic Shipments

2012

RAC

PAC

units

Y on Y basis %units

Y on Y basis %Jan415,588

84.9

50,706

95.8

Feb512,124

105.2

58,343100.6

Mar678,736112.0

73,753103.4

Apr483,21586.2

54,835106.4

May884,622109.7

66,083

101.1

Jun

1420,429

96.6

84,865

101.5

Jul1,523,986

101.2

88,836101.6

Aug786,426

121.6

74,643110.4

Sep480,206

111.4

67,227107.0

Oct283,069

99.4

52,98294.1

Nov

435,018

105.8

56,40894.9

Dec

583,136

100.7

55,320

90.1

Total

8,486,555

102,9784,001

100.6

RAC: Residential Air-conditioners PAC: Commercial Air-conditioners

26. 2012 Estimates of World Demand for Air Conditioners
JRAIA is soon to publish ‘ 2012 Estimates of World Demand for Air Conditioners’. We estimated thetotal global air conditioner demand (RAC & PAC) at about 89,534 thousand units, a year-on-year
decrease of 8%. At the same time, we revised the 2011 estimates from 91,593 to 96,791 thousandunits.
For detailed information by countries, access JRAIA’s website, http://www.jraia.or.jp

Trend of World Demand for Air Conditioners(RAC & PAC)

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