China Solar Exports Increased 18% in First Half of 2014

China’s solar energy exports increased about 18 percent to $7.42 billion from a year earlier in the first half of the year as manufacturers retained market share in the U.S. and Europe, an industry group said.

Solar cells and modules made up most of the exports, which totaled $12.3 billion for the whole of 2013, said Sun Guangbin, secretary-general of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products.