China to decrease export tax rebate rate for some PV products to 9%

By Carrie Xiao
November 20, 2024
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From 1 December 2024, the export tax rebate rate will drop from 13% to 9% on some PV and batteries products. Image: Rinson Chory, via Unsplash.

China’s Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation have issued an “Announcement on Adjusting the Export Tax Rebate Policy”.

Starting from 1 December 2024, the export tax rebate rate for some refined petroleum products, PV products, batteries and some non-metallic mineral products will be lowered by four percentage points, from 13% to 9%. 

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Zhang Chi, chief analyst at Caitong Securities New Energy Department, told PV Tech: “The discussion about the reduction of export tax rebates has been ongoing for four months. The policy’s intention is to target industries with excess capacity, such as PV and lithium batteries, and guide the exit of outdated capacity by adjusting export tax rates. It is equivalent to all companies raising prices together at the lowest cost line. It will help reduce anti-dumping pressure overseas and it will have a smaller impact on local companies overall. It is a significant benefit for leading companies with overseas capacity.”

Zhang added that, in the short term, it will result in an increase in corporate costs, but in the long run, reducing the tax rebate rate is expected to boost the price of overseas modules.

According to the above-mentioned government announcements, PV products included in the list of products with reduced export tax rebate rates are for PV cells, either installed or not in modules. These include commodity code 85414200 (PV cells that are not installed in modules or assembled into blocks) and commodity code 85414300 (PV cells installed in modules or assembled into blocks).

In its latest analysis, metals information provider Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) predicts that in the second half of November, the tax rate adjustment is expected to stimulate overseas sales orders of some Chinese PV cell and module factories. The price is traded for volume to promote shipments.

Since the beginning of the year, module prices have already seen a price reduction of about RMB0.3/W, so compared with the module price decline experienced from last year to present, the actual impact of the reduction in export tax rebate rates could be limited.

Infolink data shows that since last year when PV entered a temporary supply-demand imbalance, the export prices of Chinese PV modules have also continued to decline, with the low prices for PV modules in most markets having reached US$0.08-0.09/W.

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