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China has eliminated the VAT rebate for exporters of solar photovoltaic (PV) products. It had stood at 9%, covering most of the 13% VAT rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change took effect on 1 April, following a finance ministry announcement<\/a> in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, the export rebate for battery products has dropped from 9% to 6%. On 1 January 2027, battery rebates will go altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China has had VAT export rebates on a wide range of industrial goods since 1985<\/a>. Until late 2024, solar products were treated like other manufactured exports: rebates matched the domestic VAT rate, effectively removing the tax burden on exported goods. Then the finance ministry cut<\/a> rebate rates for solar panels, batteries and certain non-metallic mineral products from 13% to 9%, while the domestic VAT rate stayed at 13%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before 2023, Chinese solar and battery makers fuelled rapid overseas expansion through aggressive pricing. According to Yicai<\/a>, smaller PV firms routinely operated on gross margins (that is, profit after production costs) of just 3% to 5%, relying on rebates to give them headroom to undercut competitors abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With those rebates now gone, prices are going up across the board. The country’s biggest solar manufacturers have already moved<\/a> to raise them. Yet demand for Chinese panels remains strong, fuelled in part by fears over oil supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A representative from JinkoSolar told 21st Century Business Herald<\/a> that the outlook could be favourable: “Based on what we saw during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, this is generally positive for the solar industry.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent BBC interview<\/a>, Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson said the company had seen a 50% jump in solar panel sales since the US-Israel conflict with Iran drove up oil and gas prices. Some of Octopus Energy’s panels are supplied by Chinese manufacturer JA Solar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Dialogue Earth\u2019s previous <\/em>analysis<\/em><\/a> on how China came to lead solar and battery manufacturing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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