JA shipped 500MW of PV kit during the quarter – 305MW of itmodules – beating its quarterly guidance, and upwardly revised its full-yearguidance to 1.9GW-1.95GW.

Gross margin rose to 11.3%, compared to 8.1% last quarter.

Yet JA reported a quarterly net loss of 227m yuan($37.1m), deeper than its 132m yuan loss last quarter. The loss comes at a time when several key rivals have returned to profitability.

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