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The investigation covers pigment-grade Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂) — principally the rutile-grade white-pigment form used in paints, coatings, plastics, paper laminates, and cosmetics — under HS headings 3206.11 and 3206.19. TiO₂ is the dominant white pigment globally, with pigment-grade product accounting for ~90% of total TiO₂ demand; it typically constitutes 15–20% of paint raw-material cost for architectural and industrial coatings manufacturers.
The investigation was initiated under the Customs Tariff Act 1975 read with the Anti-Dumping Rules 1995 (as amended) on application of four Indian domestic producers:
oldest TiO₂ producers
beach sand mineral separation
China is the world's largest TiO₂ producer-exporter: Chinese producers (Lomon Billions Group, CNNC HUAYUAN Titanium Dioxide Co., Pangang Group TiO₂, Henan Billions Chemical Co.) account for approximately 30–35% of global TiO₂ supply and have historically exported at prices alleged to be below cost in international markets. India imports approximately 100,000–150,000 tonnes of TiO₂ annually, with Chinese-origin product historically accounting for a dominant share of import volumes.
Procedural chronology:
The remand was likely triggered by affected-party challenges to DGTR's injury-margin methodology or dumping-margin calculations in the original Final Findings. The second Disclosure Statement of May 2026 signals DGTR is finalising revised findings.
India's major decorative and industrial paints producers (Asian Paints, Berger Paints, Kansai Nerolac, Akzo Nobel India). A definitive anti-dumping duty on Chinese TiO₂ would increase landed cost unless offset by sourcing diversification toward non-Chinese suppliers (Tronox, Chemours, Kronos, Venator).
advantage for Tronox (US/SA/AU), Chemours (US), Kronos (DE), and Venator (UK/FI) in the Indian market — consistent with the structural benefit observed in EU markets where TiO₂ provisional measures (2024) shifted import-source composition.
anti-dumping response to Chinese TiO₂ overcapacity — the EU launched provisional TiO₂ measures in 2024, and the USITC conducted a 2024 TiO₂ AD-CVD investigation. A definitive Indian duty would further constrain Chinese producers' access to a top-10 global TiO₂ import market, peers structurally to the India DGTR solar cells/modules AD (2025-09-29) and India CRNO electrical steel AD (2025-12-19) as part of the IN-CN materials and chemicals AD escalation cluster.
revising duty rates downward in remand proceedings — the original rates may have been contested on injury-calculation grounds. Final definitive rates will shape the actual sectoral cost impact.
revised rates from the remand (expected Q3 2026 revised findings).
remand period, or whether a provisional measures gap exists.
anatase-grade or catalyst/industrial-grade TiO₂ (non-pigment); scope to be confirmed in revised Final Findings.
inform DGTR's revised injury analysis and acceptable-duty rate calculation.