India has set five-year anti-dumping duties of $460 to $681 per metric tonne on selected titanium dioxide imports made in China or shipped from China, after a fresh review of the case.
The Finance Ministry’s Oct. 24 notification sets rates of $609 for listed Anhui Gold Star companies, $563 for listed Shandong Jinhai and Shandong Xianghai companies, and $460 for listed LB Group companies and Henan Billions Advanced Material Co., Ltd. Cooperating producers not selected for sampling face a $510 rate. A $681 rate applies to China-origin goods shipped through a third country by producers outside the four listed producer categories, and to goods made outside China but exported from China.
Importers seeking a producer-specific rate must present a valid invoice with the notification’s prescribed declaration. The declaration must be dated and signed by an invoice-issuing official whose name and function are stated. It must certify the product volume, producer’s name and address, country of manufacture, and that the invoice information is complete and correct.
The notification lists tariff items 2823 00 10, 3206 11 10 and 3206 11 90, but says duty applicability is determined by the covered product description. Exemptions include titanium dioxide used in food additives, pharmaceutical tablet coatings and skincare, along with particular textile and fiber uses and rutile-grade material used to make décor paper. The exemption for nano or ultrafine grades below 100 nanometers applies only to material used in the textile or paint industry for specified characteristics. Pigment used to print on textiles remains covered.
In findings issued Aug. 3, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) concluded that dumped imports had harmed Indian producers and left them at risk of further injury. The authority cited price suppression and reported that Chinese imports accounted for 57.2% of Indian demand during the investigation period, Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 30, 2023, compared with 43.1% in 2020-21. The domestic industry’s share of demand narrowed from 13.8% to 11.9% over the same comparison. The DGTR said the duty is intended to address injury to domestic producers; the notification makes it payable in Indian currency on covered imports.
The case returned to the DGTR after the Calcutta High Court on Sept. 22, 2025, set aside the authority’s February 2025 findings and the duty imposed in May that year. The court sent the matter back for reconsideration of confidentiality and disclosure issues, including information on domestic sales of rutile-sulphate titanium dioxide. The domestic applicants were Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd., Travancore Titanium Products Ltd. and VV Titanium Pigments Pvt. Ltd. A separate Finance Ministry notification on Oct. 24 rescinded the earlier duty.
