Source: European Parliament
On 10 July 2024, the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1923[1] imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of titanium dioxide from China.
On 15 November 2024, the Commission submitted for a vote the draft implementing act concluding the investigation to the Trade Defence Instruments Committee. At the same time, the draft implementing act was sent to the European Parliament.
Under the ‘Union interest’ section of the draft implementing act, the Commission assessed the impact on companies across value chains, on the basis of all the information collected during the investigation.
The Commission acknowledged the impact the duties might have on companies in different value chains. The definitive draft implementing act thus sets the duties as a fixed amount per kilogram instead of a percentage of the value of the imported product to soften that impact.
The prices of titanium dioxide are expected to increase, which will result in lower share of the duty in the final price of titanium dioxide. The Commission also allowed for titanium dioxide used in production of white inks for printing to be exempted from duties.
The draft implementing act[2] was published on 9 January 2025 and will be applicable for five years. T he downstream industry also has the possibility to request the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation.
In fact, the Commission has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of decor paper from China following a complaint from EU producers which also use titanium-dioxide as a raw material.
- [1] Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1923 of 10 July 2024 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of titanium dioxide originating in the People’s Republic of China, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1923
- [2] Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/4 of 17 December 2024 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of titanium dioxide originating in the People’s Republic of China, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202500004