The UK Trade Remedies Authority published an initial recommendation on 7 October 2026 to impose a new anti-dumping measure on imports of rutile titanium dioxide from China. The TRA said it found the product was being dumped in the UK and that there was an imminent threat of injury to the UK production industry, which it said employs over 570 people.

The TRA reported that imports from China rose sharply during the investigation, with the volume imported in May 2026 at over 299% of the volume imported in May 2025. It attributed the increase largely to expanded Chinese production capacity and to trade remedy measures imposed in other jurisdictions, including the European Union, Brazil, India and Saudi Arabia. The investigation period covered 1 January to 31 December 2025.

The proposed mixed duty would run for five years: 48.29% ad valorem with a minimum of £0.665 per kg for cooperating sampled and non-sampled exporters, and 63.66% ad valorem with a minimum of £0.876 per kg for all other overseas exporters. Interested parties had until 26 October 2026 to comment before the TRA makes its final recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.