U.S. Customs Import Data — Public Record

The HVAC
Brand Myth.

Trane. Lennox. Carrier. Goodman. Four household names. One address on the other side of the world. Here's what the shipping records actually show.

TRANE — 1,456 sea shipmentsLENNOX — 5,046 sea shipmentsCARRIER — 3,363 sea shipmentsGOODMAN — 382 sea shipments
73–99%
of each brand's
shipments come from Asia
4
major brands. All ordering
from the same factories.
$0
extra in performance
for the premium markup
10K+
shipment records reviewed
from public customs data
// The shared supply chain

Same factories.
Different stickers.

These are the actual manufacturers sending equipment to each brand — straight from U.S. customs bill-of-lading records. The same factory names keep showing up across every brand you "choose" between.

GD Midea Air Conditioning
China / Portugal
Carrier
804
Lennox
527
Trane
170
Broad Ocean Motor Co.
China / Vietnam
Carrier
356
Lennox
427
Guangdong Welling Motor
China / Vietnam
Lennox
884
Gree Electric Appliances
China (Hong Kong)
Lennox
329
Goodman
88

Source: ImportYeti.com — U.S. customs sea freight records. importyeti.com

// Where it actually comes from

The origin breakdown
by brand.

Real customs import data. When you pick a "brand," you're picking a logo — the equipment still ships from the same region of the world.

% of sea shipments by origin region — all 4 brands
AsiaEuropeNorth America
// What this actually means for you

A brand is a brand.
It's all just stickers.

These companies are not manufacturers in the traditional sense. They are importers, assemblers, and distributors with a logo on the box. Here's what the data tells you:

01
Carrier buys 804 shipments worth of equipment from Midea. That same Midea factory also ships to Lennox (527) and Trane (170). You can buy from the source directly — at a fraction of the brand markup.
02
Lennox and Carrier both buy motors from Broad Ocean Motor Co. in China. The motor inside your "premium" Lennox unit and your neighbor's Carrier is the same supplier's product. What's different? The logo and the price tag.
03
Goodman (owned by Daikin) imports 99.7% of its supply chain from Asia. Goodman's "American" branding is marketing. The boxes ship from Gree and Prime Technology Guangzhou.
04
None of these brands disclose this publicly. They want you thinking about "Trane quality" and "Carrier reliability." The customs record tells a different story.
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All shipment data sourced from publicly available U.S. Customs ocean freight records via ImportYeti.com
Trane · Lennox · Goodman · Carrier
Data reflects sea freight records only. Coverage estimates: 10–30% of total freight activity per brand.