China PV exports drop 31% in the first half

Abstract: Europe and America weak, Latin America and Asia, the 9 words can be summed up in the first half of the 2013 China PV export pattern changes. China electromechanical products Import and export Chamber of Commerce solar PV Products Branch August 8 to provide the latest data show that the impact of trade friction, the first half of

Europe and the United States weak, Latin America and Asia hung up-these 9 words can be summed up in the first half of 2013 years China's PV export pattern changes.

China electromechanical products Import and export Chamber of Commerce Solar PV Products Chapter August 8 to provide the latest data show that the impact of trade friction, the first half of China's PV cells and components of foreign exports plummeted 30.97% to 6.522 billion U.S. dollars, the most important reason is the export price down 41.07%, Despite a 17.02% per cent increase in exports.

Exports to Europe, North America, Oceania fell sharply, accounting for about half of the total exports (42.81%) of the European Union market down nearly three-fifths (58.33%). But exports to Asia and Latin America rose in the first half, rising 1.5 times-fold (150.49%) per cent year-on-year, to Two-fifths (37.99%) of total exports, surpassing the EU, the country's largest export market. Exports to the non-export also continued to grow fast, up nearly five times times year-on-year (499.73%).

In emerging markets, export growth is particularly pronounced in three countries, Japan, India and South Africa. Among them, exports to Japan 1.292 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of about three times times year-on-year. India grew nearly twice times year-on-year. Most exaggerated is the South African market, the growth is particularly rapid, exports amounted to 250 million U.S. dollars, the year-on-year growth of 22 times times.

The EU's "double counter" survey of China's photovoltaic products began on November 8, 2012. The Electromechanical chamber's report said the "Double counter" survey of my solar cell products abroad was lethal and devastating to the industry as a whole. "Until early August, the EU and China reached a" price commitment "agreement, some photovoltaic companies will be exempted from imposing high anti-dumping duties.

Jinhonin, an energy industry researcher at CIC, said the economic report for 21st century pointed out that emerging markets were not as well off because of surging demand, but because of a contraction in the European and American markets, which forced China to turn. Prior to the domestic export of photovoltaic products too much attention to the European and American markets, but neglected the Asian and African market demand. China's photovoltaic products have been hit in Europe and the US, forcing it to adjust its strategy and turn its exports to countries such as Japan, India and South Africa.

But Jinhonin stressed that the capacity of these so-called emerging markets is not big.

The first half of the year's exports were 1.29 billion U.S. dollars, Jinhonin expected to reach 2 billion-2.4 billion U.S. dollars, but he was not optimistic about the Indian market, the first half of exports to 276 million U.S. dollars, he expected to break through 500 million. He thinks the annual exports to South Africa will linger around 500 million dollars.

The PV industry says Japan is the fastest-growing market in the world for PV this year. The rise of Japan's market has been justified-the Fudao of Japan's domestic opposition to nuclear power plants after the nuclear spill, coupled with the new Energy Subsidy Act, which began last July, provides a good opportunity for the rapid growth of Japan's solar photovoltaic products market.

At present, Japan's domestic opposition to the use of nuclear power is high, the nuclear power plant at once in full shutdown state. According to Kyodo News, Japan Kansai Electric Power Company to the IAEA Regulatory Commission to submit applications, said that the current operation of the Fukui Rice Plant No. 3rd and unit 4th, will be suspended on September 2, September 15, to enter the regular inspection. At that time, all nuclear power plants in Japan will be stopped.

But as sharp, Mitsubishi and other large enterprises have a basic monopoly of Japan's domestic PV market, Japanese nationals of foreign products and more picky, Chinese PV enterprises to open up the Japanese market is not easy.

The electromechanical Chamber of Commerce in the report also pointed out that China's photovoltaic industry is facing major difficulties: "The foreign market dependence is too high, the domestic PV market has not yet been launched on a large scale." According to the Electromechanical Association report, 2012 global PV Installed capacity of about 32GW, an increase of about 10%. China's new PV installed capacity of about 4.5GW, the year-on-year growth of 66%, accounting for about 14% of global market share. Data show that more than 80% of the domestic production of solar cell products for export.

This makes the Chinese PV industry with overcapacity must be in the domestic market as soon as possible when the foreign export market is shrinking and the space between Asia and Latin America is limited.

In view of the adjustment of PV industry, Jinhonin suggested that the government and the industry associations should organize the relevant leaders to make a survey of the current inventory and production and operation status of the enterprises. On this basis, to help small enterprises and the market to do a good job docking, after the digestion of inventory, you can exit the market. And for the industry's large enterprises, he advised to actively prepare to move to the domestic market as soon as possible.