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The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association announced that the average transaction price of M10 mono-silicon wafer has dropped by 6.96%.

The average price of solar-grade polysilicon has dropped from the peak of RMB240,000-250,000/tonne (US$32,856-34,191) at the beginning of the year to RMB70,000-90,000/tonne.

On April 12, the Silicon Industry Branch announced the latest solar-grade polysilicon prices, which were between RMB190-200/kg on average, with the lowest price set at RMB180/kg (US$26.2/kg).

On April 6, TCL Zhonghuan announced its latest silicon wafer prices, which saw a general downwards trend despite module prices recovering.

On March 22, the Silicon Industry branch updated the latest silicon price information, which maintained a descending trend.

Bank of China Securities has issued a research report which stated that the PV industry chain price has stopped rising and may even drop in the future.

Silicon prices have marginally increased in the last week, according to the latest figures from the Silicon Industry Branch of China Nonferrous Metal Industry Association published on 15 February.

The Silicon Industry Branch said that silicon material prices continued to climb last week, seeing a weekly growth of about 11%.

Prices of various categories of silicon material have increased by 31%, in part due to increased demand from wafer manufacturers.

The downward pricing trend in the upstream of the PV industry has been transmitted to wafer and cell prices and extended to modules.