As demand for crystalline silicon solar cells produced in countries other than Taiwan and China has rebounded mainly due to higher than expected US final anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs on imports from China and Taiwan, prices for such solar cells are expected to increase 2-3% in August, according to industry sources.
The US Department of Commerce in early 2015 determined preliminary anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariffs at an average rate of 17.50% in review of such tariffs imposed on China-made PV modules in 2012, but in early July decided on final tariffs at an average rate of 30.61%, the sources said. This has pushed China-based PV module makers to adopt solar cells produced in countries other than Taiwan and China to evade such tariffs, the sources indicated. In view of increasing demand, solar cell makers in countries other than Taiwan and China will hike quotes by 2-3% to US$0.36-0.38/W, the sources said.
On the other hand, China-based makers Trina Solar, JA Solar Holdings and Jinko Solar Holdings have been setting up overseas factories, with combined annual production capacity for solar cells to reach 4.7GWp and that for PV modules to reach 5.3GWp at the end of 2015, the sources indicated.
