Japan's solar shipments from July to September, 2011

Japan's shipments of cells and modules  show domestic growth of 28.1%, drop of exports  by 11.3%

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This is the survey conducted by Japanese Solar Association with following companies:

Building Glass Co., AGC, Canadian Solar Japan Ltd., Kaneka Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Kyocera, Q Sells Japan Co., Ltd. Green Tech, Clean Venture 21 Corporation, Kobe Steel, Ltd.,

Sanix Ltd., Suntech Power Japan Co., Ltd., Sanyo, Sharp Corporation, Auto Play Solar Co., Ltd.Frontier Solar Co., Ltd., Japan shot, Inc. Matthew emerging Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Industrial Audience

Toshiba Corp., Japan Solar Bird Co., Ltd., Noritsu, Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., Fuji Electric, Fujipureamu Corp., Honda Motor Co., Misawa Homes Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, YOCASOL Inc

Summary of solar shipments Japan

	Domestic Production			Imports			Domestic Market			Exports			Total shipments
	July to September	April to June	QoQ Growth	July to September	April to June	QoQ Growth	July to September	April to June	QoQ Growth	July to September	April to June	QoQ Growth	July to September	April to June	QoQ Growth
moncrystalline	112,731	69,979	61%	46,542	21,654	115%	159,273	91,633	74%	115,774	144,598	-20%	275,047	236,231	16%
%	16.0%	10.0%		6.6%	3.1%		22.6%	13.1%		16.4%	20.7%		38.9%	33.9%
YoY	108.5%	78.6%		145.3%	79.3%		118.1%	78.8%		-21.8%	2.2%		24.4%	22.5%
multicrystalline	146,283	134,635	9%	19,542	18,526	5%	165,825	153,161	8%	87,577	189,772	-54%	253,402	342,933	-26%
%	20.7%	19.3%		2.8%	2.7%		23.5%	22.0%		12.4%	27.2%		35.9%	49.2%
YoY	-9.3%	11.1%		-1.5%	10.1%		-8.4%	11.0%		-49.0%	30.2%		-28.1%	20.9%
Total	259,014	204,614	26.6%	66,084	40,180	64.5%	325,098	244,794	32.8%	203,351	334,370	-39.2%	528,449	579,164
%	36.7%	29.3%		9.4%	5.8%		46.0%	35.1%		28.8%	47.9%		74.9%	83.1%
YoY	20.3%	27.6%		70.2%	39.0%		28.0%	29.3%		-36.4%	116.3%		-8.9%	21.5%
Thin Film	5,304	5,712	-7.1%	-	24	-100.0%	5,304	5,736	-7.5%	77,688	74,766	3.9%	82,992	80,502	3.1%
%	0.8%	0.8%		0.0%	0.0%		0.8%	0.8%		11.0%	10.7%		11.8%	11.5%
YoY	-33.2%	50.1%		0.0%	2300.0%		-33.2%	50.7%		5.9%	25.1%		2.1%	26.6%
Other	17,305	8,079	114.2%	-	-		17,305	8,079	114.2%	77,413	29,751	160.2%	94,718	37,830	150.4%
%	2.5%	1.2%		0.0%	0.0%		2.5%	1.2%		11.0%	4.3%		13.4%	5.4%
YoY	114.2%	70.8%		0.0%	0.0%		114.2%	70.8%		595.6%	235.8%		393.1%	78.3%
Total	281,623	218,405	28.9%	66,084	40,204	64.4%	347,707	258,609	34.5%	358,452	438,887	-18.3%	706,159	697,496	1.2%
%	39.9%	31.3%		9.4%	5.8%		49.2%	37.1%		50.8%	62.9%		100.0%	100.0%
YoY	21.8%	29.3%		70.2%	39.1%		28.7%	30.7%		-11.3%	23.3%		4.7%	26.0%