Trina relaxed over poly-tariffs impact

A GCL polysilicon plant in China

A tariff on polysilicon imported into China would “not have a significant impact” on Trina Solar, says chief financial officer Terry Wang.

The reason, Wang says, is that PV manufacturers would likely to be able to waive the tariff for polysilicon used in product destined for export to foreign markets.

Trina has “already started” taking steps to qualify for such a waiver, he adds.

In Trina’s understanding, only Chinese PV kit made for the Chinese market would have to use domestically-produced polysilicon.

While the Chinese PV market would be the world’s largest in 2013 if Beijing hits its 10GW target, module producers would be able to meet demand via local polysilicon suppliers, Wang predicts, although prices would likely to go up.

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