India Titanium Dioxide Anti-Dumping Duty: 2025 Levy Quashed, 2026 Recommendation Explained

As checked on 7 September 2026, the 2025 titanium dioxide anti-dumping final findings and implementing levy were quashed. DGTR issued fresh remand final findings on 3 August 2026 and recommended anti-dumping amounts for specified origin, export and producer paths.

DGTR states that duties can be imposed only when notified by the Ministry of Finance. No later titanium-dioxide implementation notification was located in the Ministry of Finance, CBIC and official Gazette entry points checked for this update. The 2026 amounts below are therefore presented as DGTR recommendations, not as a current payable duty verified in force.

Review India Procurement Options

This route helps you review Malaysia-origin titanium dioxide by product, application and India delivery context. The receiving page supports supplier and procurement evaluation; it does not determine classification, origin, tax, duty or customs treatment.

Open the Official DGTR Case File

The DGTR case page is the secondary route for the official proceeding record and documents.

What changed from 2024 to 2026

The DGTR case page still showed the 3 August final findings as its latest event when checked on 7 September 2026, and displayed a page update date of 2 September 2026.

Product scope and exclusions in the 2026 recommendation

DGTR’s recommendation concerns Titanium Dioxide originating in or exported from China PR. It identifies tariff items 28230010, 32061110 and 32061190, but says the customs classification is indicative and that the product-under-consideration description controls the anti-dumping determination.

The recommendation excludes:

• titanium dioxide used in food additives such as food colouring;
• titanium dioxide used as an ingredient in pharmaceutical tablet film coatings;
• titanium dioxide used in skin-care products, cosmetics and sunscreen lotions for UV-absorbing and photocatalyst applications;
• titanium dioxide used in the production of textiles and fibres for functions such as photocatalytic self-cleaning, UV protection and delustering;
• fibre-grade material used to blend with fibre threads, and rutile grade used to make décor paper at the fibre or pulp stage; and
• nano or ultrafine titanium dioxide below 100 nm used in textile or paint applications for characteristics such as dust-free textile or paint.

The textile exclusion does not extend to titanium dioxide used as a pigment for printing over textile, garment, cloth or fabric.

These descriptions and codes are checkpoints from the DGTR finding. They do not establish the classification, origin or treatment of a particular shipment.

What DGTR recommended on 3 August 2026

The table below reproduces the six recommended paths. It does not state a current payable anti-dumping duty. Each row depends on the written country-of-origin, country-of-export and producer conditions; this page does not decide which row applies to a shipment.

The four producers referenced in row 4 are:

1. Yibin Tianyuan Haifeng Hetai – 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).

The two USD 681 rows are separate. Row 5 is a China-origin / exported from a country other than China PR / producer outside rows 1–4 path. Row 6 is a non-China-origin / exported from China PR / any producer path. An amount alone cannot identify a shipment’s path.

Future notification and invoice conditions

DGTR recommends that any definitive duty run for five years from the date of a future Central Government notification. That wording does not make the recommendation effective before such a notification or predict that a later notification will reproduce every term unchanged.

DGTR also makes the individual producer amounts conditional on a valid commercial invoice carrying the detailed declaration specified in the finding, dated and signed by an identified official of the invoice-issuing entity. The declaration identifies the volume, product, producer name and address, and subject country. Without that invoice, the finding says the rate applicable to all other producers applies, subject to Customs verification.

If a later implementation notification is issued, check its exact terms together with:

• the product description and any exclusions;
• country of origin and country of export;
• the exact producer legal entity named in the applicable row;
• the invoice issuer and the required signed declaration; and
• the shipment and import dates.

A group name, trade name, supplier location or recommended amount on its own does not establish the applicable path. This page does not assign producer identity, origin, export route or invoice compliance for a buyer.

Keep anti-dumping, basic customs duty and IGST separate

These are separate components. The IGST schedule context does not establish classification, exemption status, customs value, BCD, anti-dumping applicability or a total landed amount. No current BCD percentage or shipment tax calculation is stated here.

TiO2 Malaysia supplies Malaysia-origin titanium dioxide, but that commercial product-origin statement does not by itself determine Indian customs origin, classification, anti-dumping scope, preference, exemption, BCD, IGST or a zero-duty outcome for a shipment.

Prepare shipment-specific inputs before checking treatment

Ask the importer, broker, finance team and product team to assemble:

• the exact product name, grade, physical form, composition, particle-size information and intended use;
• the proposed Indian tariff classification and the basis used for it;
• country-of-origin evidence and the basis for the origin declaration;
• producer and exporter legal names, addresses and their roles in the transaction;
• the invoice issuer, commercial invoice and any declaration required by a current implementing notification;
• contract, shipment, bill-of-entry and import dates;
• quantity, customs value and currency records; and
• purchase, transport and supporting customs documents.

Use those facts with the current official tariff and notification texts. A commodity code, supplier country, routing country, producer group or invoice statement in isolation does not determine the result.

Continue the right review

Review India Procurement Options to compare the commercial product, application and India delivery context for a Malaysia-origin supply route. The India procurement page is the next step for supplier evaluation; it is not a customs ruling.

If you first need to compare product families, use the Product Hub. You can also Request a Quote with a known Product / Grade or choose Not sure / Need help. Tell us your application, required or estimated quantity in metric tonnes, destination and any other context you already know. After submission, our team reviews your requirements and details, then contacts you using the information provided. This path does not recommend a Grade or determine technical suitability, classification, origin, duty, tax or clearance.

Official sources

• DGTR case file: Titanium Dioxide originating in or exported from China PR — official case timeline and documents.
• DGTR remand final findings dated 3 August 2026 — recommendation, duty table, invoice condition, product scope and exclusions.
• CBIC Tax Information Portal — Customs notification discovery, including Customs (ADD) notifications.
• eGazette of India — official Gazette discovery for Central Government notifications.
• ICEGATE Customs Duty Calculator — transaction-specific customs-duty enquiry by tariff input and relevant origin details.
• CBIC GST goods and services rates — current GST schedule context.

Last reviewed: 7 September 2026. Recheck the DGTR case, Ministry of Finance/CBIC notifications, Gazette and ICEGATE tariff sources before shipment or whenever an official implementation, corrigendum, court or tariff event changes the record.