On March 28, 2024, the Director General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) of India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry formally initiated an anti-dumping investigation into rutile-type titanium dioxide (titanium white) originating in or exported from China;

On May 10, 2025, the Indian Ministry of Finance issued “Notification No. 12/2025-Customs (ADD),” formally implementing the anti-dumping duties with a rate range of $460–681 per metric ton; The Indian Paint Association (IPA) filed a lawsuit with the High Court of Kolkata challenging this duty notification;

On September 22, 2025, the Calcutta High Court issued a ruling overturning Notification No. 12/2025-Customs (ADD) and remanding the case to the DGTR for a re-investigation;

On August 3, 2026, the DGTR completed the re-examination and issued a new final determination report, upholding the findings of dumping and injury and continuing to recommend the imposition of anti-dumping duties;

On October 24, 2026, the Directorate General of Taxes (DGTR) of India’s Ministry of Finance reissued “Notification No. 26/2026-Customs (ADD),” reinstating the anti-dumping duty on titanium dioxide from China. The duty rate range remained unchanged at $460–681 per metric ton, with the duty in effect for five years.

Final findings from Government of India, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry Directorate General of Trade Remedies as follows:

Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), India

Customs (Anti-Dumping) Notification No. 26/2026

Date of Issuance: October 24, 2026

G.S.R. 916 (E)

Subject: The product subject to this case is titanium dioxide, classified under Schedule I of the Indian Customs Act, 1975, under tariff codes: 2823 00 10, 3206 11 10, and 3206 11 90;

The products in question are originating in the People’s Republic of China or are exported from China and imported into India. Pursuant to the remand judgment of the Calcutta High Court in the case of Indian Paint Association v. The Union of India and Others (Case No. WPO No. 148 of 2025) (September 22, 2025), the investigating authority (DGTR), under File No. F. No. 6/03/ 2024-DGTR, issued a final determination on August 3, 2026, which was published on the same day in the Special Gazette of the Government of India (Part I, Section 1). The conclusions of the final determination are as follows:

(1) The subject products were exported from the country concerned to India at dumped prices, with a dumping margin that exceeds the minimum threshold and is significant;

(2) The Indian domestic industry has suffered material injury and is threatened with injury due to imports of the subject product from the country concerned;

(3) Such material injury was directly caused by the dumped imports of the subject product from the country concerned. Accordingly, the investigating authority recommends the imposition of an anti-dumping duty on the subject product originating in or exported from the country concerned and imported into India, to eliminate the injury caused to the Indian domestic industry.

Pursuant to Section 9A(1) and (5) of the Customs Act, 1975, and the powers conferred by Sections 18 and 20 of the Customs (Rules for the Determination, Imposition, and Assessment of Anti-Dumping Duties on Dumped Goods, 1995), the Government of India, having reviewed the aforementioned final determination by the competent authority, has decided to impose anti-dumping duties on the subject products listed in the table below; Please refer to the table below for details on the product description, tariff code, country of origin, country of export, manufacturer, duty amount, unit, and currency:

•  Shanghai Titanos Industry Co., Ltd. will be categorized in this section 6

*Note 1- Customs classification is only indicative, and the determination of anti-dumping duty shall be made as per the description of the PUC. 

*Note 2- The application of the individual duty rates specified for the producers mentioned in the above shall be conditional upon presentation to customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by Non-Confidential Page 96 of 97 an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: 

“I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product concerned) sold for export to the India covered by this invoice was manufactured by (producer name and address) in [subject country]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.”   

If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other producers shall apply. This requirement is without prejudice to the verification procedures independently undertaken by the Customs authorities under the applicable customs law and regulations. Customs from conducting its own verification in accordance with its domestic customs regulations.

***ADD will exclude the following TiO₂:

The landed value of imports for the purpose of this notification shall be assessable value as determined by the Customs under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and includes all duties of customs except duties under Sections 3, 8B, 9, 9A of the said Act.

The anti-dumping duties imposed under this notice shall remain in effect for 5 years (unless revoked, superseded, or amended earlier) and shall be levied from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of India; duties shall be paid in Indian rupees.

PS: For the purposes of calculating the applicable exchange rate for anti-dumping duties under this notice, the exchange rate published from time to time by the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) of India pursuant to Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962, shall be used; the exchange rate shall be determined as of the date on which the importer submits the import declaration in accordance with Section 46 of the said Act.