[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART II, SECTION 3,
SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)
Notification No. 12/2025-Customs (ADD)
New Delhi, the 10
th
May, 2025
G.S.R....(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 12
th
February, 2025,
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, section 1, dated the 12
th
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 Anti-dumping 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
measure
ment
Currency
(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
*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, UV-protection 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 décor
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.
6. -do- -do- Any
country
other than
subject
country
China PR Any 681 MT USD
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 Secretary to Government of India
