The
company
said
it
shipped
366MW
of
panels
in
the
first
three
months
of
the
year,
ahead
of
its
guidance
of
320-350MW.
It
was
helped
by
strong
demand
in
Germany
and
Italy.
Gross
margins
improved
to
2.1%,
up
from
0.5%
in
the
fourth
quarter,
even
after
including
provisions
for
potential
US
countervailing
and
anti-dumping
duties
worth
$2.9m.
JA
Solar
shares
rose
13.5%
to
$1.01
on
the
Nasdaq
stock
exchange
following
the
announcement.
Chief
executive
Fang
Peng
says
the
majority
of
the
firm’s
products
sold
in
the
US
in
the
first
quarter
contained
cells
produced…
