Anti-dumping measures for titanium dioxide imports
6.3.2025
Question for written answer E-000983/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
João Oliveira (The Left)
We were alerted by the Associação Portuguesa de Tintas (Portuguese Paint and Ink Association) to the fact that the Commission has adopted an implementing regulation imposing customs duties on imports of titanium dioxide (TiO2).
According to the association and to the European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink, and Artist’s Colours Industry, titanium dioxide accounts for some 20% of the industry’s total raw material costs. As a result, the application of those duties could increase costs, putting EU manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage. What is more, no alternative to titanium dioxide exists, making it a strategic pigment for the paint and inks industry in Portugal and for the production of white inks and paints, as it has a high refractive index and excellent opacity and white properties.
On 9 January 2025, the new implementing regulation set the definitive customs duties in this regard, at rates that are slightly lower than those in the previous implementing regulation but still significant (between EUR 0.25 and EUR 0.74 per kilo, equivalent to 11.4 % and 32.3 %).
In view of the above:
- 1.Bearing in mind the sector’s concerns, what figures does the Commission have on the impacts of that measure on production costs?
- 2.Is it considering repealing the implementing regulation?
Submitted: 6.3.2025