Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers originally expected China-based PV module makers to reduce orders due to the impact of a US anti-dumping investigation of Taiwan-based solar cell makers, but instead have seen no decreases in orders so far, according to sources with Taiwan makers.
The original expectation was based on the assumption that there would be a 3-month retrospective period following the final ruling on anti-dumping tariff rates, and therefore China-based PV firms would reduce orders that would be fulfilled beginning from March in order to avoid the anti-dumping taxation, the sources pointed out.
Since the US government did not impose retrospective anti-dumping tariffs on China-produced PV products in 2012, China-based PV firms probably believe that the US government will again spare them retrospective taxes this time, the sources said.