EnergyTrend indicates that orders haven’t been cut substantially after China-USA solar trade war took place. ITC estimates to announce the result by the end of February. If the case is established, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) will continue to investigate regarding subsidy and product dumping. EnergyTrend projects that it’s not going to affect Taiwanese manufacturers until this March.
EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce, indicates that global PV demand will be around 42GW in 2014, a 17% rise compares to 2013. As China announced a series of PV and grid-connection policies, Chinese PV demand increases substantially. Chinese companies have started to shift their focus to the domestic market. “Chinese PV market is likely to be the lead in 2014 or be the first one to reach 10GW PV installations in the world,” said Jason Huang, research manager of EnergyTrend.
According to the survey on mid-and large-sized panel sizes for Jan. 2014 by WitsView, the display research division of the global market intelligence provider TrendForce, the LCD TV panel prices declined constantly, the 21.5W monitor panel price rise $0.5 on the capacity adjustment, China’s labor shortage, and spec shift, while the 20W, 23.6W, and 24W prices remain flat and other sizes show small drops $0.3-0.5. NB panel prices climb on the panel supply and brands’ active restocking as the 15.6 HD Wedge and Flat surge $0.5, while the 14.0 HD Wedge and Flat and the 17.3HD+ panels stay flat. (Table 1& Table 2)
