India Reimposes Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese Titanium Dioxide for Five Years
Key Facts
India’s Finance Ministry issued a new notification on October 24, 2026, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of titanium dioxide from China. The decision was based on the final findings issued again by the Directorate General of Trade Remedies on August 3, 2026, according to the ministry’s notification. The duties apply for five years from the date the notification is published in the Official Gazette, unless revoked, superseded or amended before that period ends. The directorate said the domestic industry had suffered material injury and faced a threat of injury. The decision reinstates the duties after a legal and investigative process that ran from the original investigation to a review of its findings.
The new notification is based on a ruling issued by the Calcutta High Court on September 22, 2025, in a case brought by the Indian Paint Association. The court had set aside the directorate’s original findings and the duty notification issued in May 2025, according to the background to the decision provided in the evidence. After the ruling, the directorate reconsidered the case and issued its renewed final findings on August 3, 2026. Those findings say Chinese imports were being dumped in the Indian market, causing material injury to the domestic industry and threatening further injury. The notification issued in October was therefore based on the renewed findings, rather than an automatic continuation of the decision that had been set aside.
The directorate’s case page shows that the investigation began with a notice on March 28, 2024. The first final findings were published on February 12, 2025, before the government issued the previous duty notification on May 10 of the same year. The findings and notification were then set aside by the court in September 2025, and the directorate launched the renewed process with a notice on October 17, 2025. The process concluded with the publication of the renewed final findings on August 3, 2026, followed by the new duty notification on October 24. The sequence of dates shows the case moving from the original investigation to judicial review, then to a renewed investigation and a new decision.
On the same day it imposed the new duties, the ministry issued a separate notification revoking the previous notification No. 12/2025, issued on May 10, 2025. The revocation notification is No. 25/2026, while the new decision is No. 26/2026, according to the Official Gazette. The revocation notification says the effects of actions taken before the revocation are preserved, according to the decision statement provided in the evidence. The new notification sets the duties for five years from its publication, with the possibility of ending, superseding or amending them before then. The individual rate applies to specified producers if a valid commercial invoice is provided with a signed declaration identifying the producer that manufactured the product; otherwise, the rate for all other producers applies.
The duties do not cover every use of titanium dioxide. The notification excludes uses in food, pharmaceuticals, skin care, textiles and fibers, as well as nano-grade or ultra-fine grades with particle sizes below 100 nanometers. It thus defines the scope of covered products, alongside the rules for applying the individual rate to producers that meet the invoice and declaration requirements. The duty period is tied to the date the notification is published in the Official Gazette, not simply the date it was issued on October 24, 2026. The measure may be amended, revoked or superseded before the end of the five years.