It is reported that Kronos is expected to close the 35000 ton sulfuric acid titanium dioxide production line in the German Leverkusen plant by the end of 2020 or early 2021. With the encouragement of China' s national policy on titanium dioxide export, the"14th five year plan ”period is an opportunity for China's titanium dioxide industry to enter the international market.

 At the end of last year, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued the Announcement No .54 of 2020 on the adjustment of the catalogue of prohibited commodities in processing trade which adjusted the catalogue of prohibited commodities in processing trade, excluding the products with high energy consumption, high pollution and high technology content. 199 ten digit commodity code chemicals including titanium dioxide were eliminated. During the '14h five year plan ”period.China’s Chlorinated titanium dioxide and sulfuric acid titanium dioxide products will enter the international market, which may speed up the pace of closing foreign sulfuric acid titanium dioxide production plants

 In 2019, the global titanium dioxide production capacity is about 8. 355 million tons, an increase of 4.07% compared with 8.028 million tons in 2018. From the global titanium dioxide production capacity, titanium dioxide production capacity is mainly distributed in Asia Pacific, North America and Europe. Among them, the Asia Pacific region is the leading region of the global titanium dioxide market capacity especially since 2016, the production capacity has accounted for more than 50% and reached 56.4% in 2019. China has the largest titanium dioxide production capacity in the Asia Pacific region, accounting for 45.3% of the global total In 2019.

From the perspective of global titanium dioxide demand, the global titanium dioxide demand from 2016 to 2019 is about 6.5 million tons, and some institutions predict that the global titanium dioxide demand in 2020 will basically maintain the level of recent years.

At the same time, some overseas high- cost titanium dioxide production capacity has been shut down, resulting in a certain supply gap of titanium dioxide products. Since 2020 the inventory level of some domestic large titanium dioxide production enterprises has been lower than the normal level. and the domestic titanium dioxide downstream enterprises have returned to Work and production In stages, continuously Increasing the market demand. In addition, the export market has more profits, Customs data show that: China's cumulative export volume of titanium dioxide from January to October 2020 is 999776.4 tons, and China's export volume of titanium dioxide in October is 110236.39 tons a record high in the same period.

Import and export list over the years

 At present, the global titanium dioxide international market is mainly occupied by foreign manufacturers led by Chemours .Although China is the largest titanium dioxide manufacturer in the world, the overall competition level of a single manufacturer still needs to be improved. With the national policy to encourage the export of titanium dioxide and the gradual integration of the titanium dioxide market. China's titanium dioxide manufacturers actively become bigger and stronger, China's titanium dioxide is becoming more and more mature in the international market