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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-10052025-263034
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 262]
NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025/VAISAKHA 20, 1947
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th May, 2025
No. 12/2025-Customs (ADD)
G.S.R. 305(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 12th February, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part I, section 1, dated the 12th 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. | Tariff Item | Description | Country | Country | Producer | Amount | Unit of | Currency |
| No. | | | of origin | of export | | | measurement | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
+=====+===============+=================+=============+=============+=====================================================================================================================================================================+========+=====================+==========+
| 1. | 28230010, | Titanium | China | Any | Anhui Gold Star Titanium Dioxide (Group) Co., Ltd. Anhui Gold Star Titanium Dioxide Trading Co., Ltd. | 609 | MT | USD |
| | 32061110, | Dioxide** | PR | country | | | | |
| | and | | | including | | | | |
| | 32061190 | | | China | | | | |
| | * | | | PR | | | | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
| 2. | -do- | -do- | China | Any | Shandong Jinhai Titanium Resources Technology Co., Ltd. Shandong Xianghai Titanium Co., Ltd. | 563 | MT | USD |
| | | | PR | country | | | | |
| | | | | including | | | | |
| | | | | China | | | | |
| | | | | PR | | | | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
| 3. | -do- | -do- | China | Any | LB Xiangyang Titanium Industry Co Ltd., and LB Sichuan Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. LB Lufeng Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. LB Group Co., Ltd. Henan Billions Advanced | 460 | MT | USD |
| | | | PR | country | Material Co., Ltd. | | | |
| | | | | including | | | | |
| | | | | China | | | | |
| | | | | PR | | | | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
| 4. | -do- | -do- | China | Any | ****Non-Sampled Cooperative Producers | 510 | MT | USD |
| | | | PR | country | | | | |
| | | | | including | | | | |
| | | | | China | | | | |
| | | | | PR | | | | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
| 5. | -do- | -do- | China | Any | Any producer other than Sl no. 1, 2, 3, and 4 | 681 | MT | USD |
| | | | PR | country | | | | |
| | | | | other | | | | |
| | | | | than | | | | |
| | | | | subject | | | | |
| | | | | country | | | | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
| 6. | -do- | -do- | Any | China | Any | 681 | MT | USD |
| | | | country | PR | | | | |
| | | | other | | | | | |
| | | | than | | | | | |
| | | | subject | | | | | |
| | | | country | | | | | |
+-----+---------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+----------+
*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 | Description of the excluded product and details |
| | excluded | |
+-------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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.
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 Secy.