Turkey establishes brand-new guidelines for solar module imports

• The brand-new guidelines mention that import obligations on solar components will certainly currently be computed per kilo as opposed to by square meter, as they were under the old guidelines. This might prefer Turkish makers, as high-efficiency components are typically currently larger than they were a couple of years earlier. Under the previous policies, PV panel imports took pleasure in decreased value-added tax prices as returns boosted and also module dimensions stayed the same.

The Turkish federal government released brand-new laws today relating to imports of photovoltaic panels that will certainly enter into pressure within 30 days from the day of magazine.

The brand-new policies specify that the import task on solar components will certainly currently be computed per kilo, instead of by square meter, as held true under the previous law.

Under the old guidelines, which were in force from May 2017 to this month, the actual complete worth of an imported module was computed at $300/m2. However under the federal government's brand-new computation technique, the actual cost of a module will certainly be $25/kg. The first edition of the law was additionally based upon a dollars-per-kilogram price as well as continued to be active from December 2015 to April 2017.

Hakki Karacaoglan, the CEO of Germany-based KRC Consulting, claimed that the brand-new guidelines can better drive down the marketplace share of imported components in the Turkish PV market, by preferring regional photovoltaic panel suppliers.

Karacaoglan informed pv magazine that the value-added tax (VAT) on imported components in 2017 was greater than existing degrees. At the time, the marketplace was controlled by imports of 270 W components, while ordinary outcome degrees have actually given that boosted to regarding 370 W. That indicates that photovoltaic panels currently use much better outcome at virtually the exact same dimension.

" So, the module VAT rate was been lowered considerably to $0.12 per watt from $0.17," Karacaoglan clarified. "A decrease of VAT earnings could have been the trigger of this adjustment in the law."

Technical enhancements in panels have actually likewise led to a boost in their weight, he included. "The brand-new kinds of high-performance components are currently larger than previous common designs by around 3 kg," he claimed.

Karacaoglan kept in mind that the brand-new regulations are still vague regarding the supposed Gözetim Belgesi-- Surveillance Certificate, which permits Turkish business to obtain task decreases when components are imported from nations besides China. "A brand-new mandate ... will certainly need to be provided quickly," Karacaoglan stated. "Once when the information of Surveillance Certificate exists, we will certainly have the ability to comprehend the decrease consider instance of obtaining this certification."