JA Solar expects shipments to surpass 620MW in theJanuary-March period, ahead of previous guidance of 580MW-610MW, preliminaryfigures show.

It added that it foresees “sequential gross marginimprovement” when it posts its full results in the first half of May.

Last week compatriots Yingli Solar and Trina Solar –the world’s two biggest module makers – both revised their Q1 shipmentforecasts downwards, but simultaneously upped their expectations on grossmargins for the quarter.

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