Seeks to impose Anti Dumping Duty on imports of ‘Titanium Dioxide’ originating in or exported from China PR - 12/2025 - Anti Dumping Duty

MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) NOTIFICATION NO. 12/2025-CUSTOMS (ADD) New Delhi, the 10th May, 2025 G.S.R. 305(E). Whereas in the matter of Titanium dioxide (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods) falling under tariff items 2823 00 10 , 3206 11 10 and 3206 11 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in, or exported from China PR (hereinafter referred to as the subject country), and imported into India, the designated authority in its final findings vide notification F. No. 6/03/2024-DGTR, dated the 12th February, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 12th February, 2025, has come to the conclusion that- (i) the subject goods have been exported to India from the subject country at dumped prices; (ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury on account of subject imports from the subject country; (iii) the material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject country; and has recommended imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the imports of subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject country and imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rules 18 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Antidumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995 , the Central Government, after considering the aforesaid final findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the Table below, falling under tariff items of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and imported into India, an anti-dumping duty equal to the amount as specified in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of mesasurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the following of the Table, namely:- TABLE Sl. No. Tariff Item Description Country of origin Country of export Producer Amount Unit of meas-urement Curr-ency (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) 1. 28230010, 32061110, and 32061190 * Titanium Dioxide** China PR Any country including China PR Anhui Gold Star Titanium Dioxide (Group) Co., Ltd. 609 MT USD Anhui Gold Star Titanium Dioxide Trading Co., Ltd. 2. -do- -do- China PR Any country including China PR Shandong Jinhai Titanium Resources Technology Co., Ltd. 563 MT USD Shandong Xianghai Titanium Co., Ltd. 3. -do- -do- China PR Any country including China PR LB Xiangyang Titanium Industry Co Ltd., and 460 MT USD LB Sichuan Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. LB Lufeng Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. LB Group Co., Ltd. Henan Billions Advanced Material Co., Ltd. 4. -do- -do- China PR Any country including China PR ****Non-Sampled Cooperative Producers 510 MT USD 5. -do- -do- China PR Any country other than subject country Any producer other than Sl no. 1, 2, 3, and 4 681 MT USD 6. -do- -do- Any country other than subject country China PR Any 681 MT USD *Note - Customs classification is only indicative, and the determination of anti - dumping duty shall be made as per the description of the product under consideration. **Excluding the following: S. No. Product excluded Description of the excluded product and details 1 Food TiO2 used in food additives like food colouring 2 Pharma TiO2 used as ingredient in tablet film coatings 3 Skin-care TiO2 is used in cosmetics and sunscreen lotions for UV-absorbing and photocatalyst applications 4 Textile TiO2 used in production of textile/fibre. TiO2 which is used in the production of textiles and fibres largely because of its photo-catalytic self-cleaning, UVprotection and delustering abilities, etc. is excluded from the scope of product under consideration. However, such exclusion does not extend to the TiO2 that is used as a pigment for printing over the textile/garment/cloth/fabric. 5 Fibre TiO2 is used for delustering the artificial fibre and this fibre is used to product the textiles. Fibre grade materials are used to blend with fibre threads to make the cloth itself. TiO2 Rutile grade for making d cor paper (used at fibre/pulp stage). 6 Nano or ultrafine Nano or ultrafine titanium dioxide having particle size below 100 nm used in textile/paint industry to offer characteristics such as dust free textile/paint. ****Non-Sampled Cooperative Producers 1. Yibin Tianyuan Group Co., Ltd 2. Chongqing Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. of Pangang Group 3. Pangang Group Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. 4. Jiangxi Tikon Titanium Products Co Ltd ( A Tronox Company) 5. Kunming Donghao Titanium Co., Ltd. 6. Inter-China Chemical Co., Ltd. 7. Anhui Annada Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. 8. Shandong Doguide Group Co., Ltd. 9. Qianjiang Fangyuan Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. 10. Jinan Yuxing Chemical Co., Ltd. 11. Ningbo Xinfu Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd. 12. Shandong Dawn Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. 2. The anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be levied for a period of five years (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier) from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency. Explanation. For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of such anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) , and the relevant date for the determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Act . [F. No. 190349/3/2025-TRU] DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.