According to statistics released by the Secretariat of the Titanium Dioxide Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance on January 10, China's total titanium dioxide production in 2025 reached 4.72 million tons, a decrease of 47,000 tons or 1.0% year-on-year. This marks the first decline in annual titanium dioxide production in over 20 years.
In 2025, there will be 36 fully integrated titanium dioxide production enterprises with normal production conditions across the entire industry (excluding those that solely purchase crude products for further processing or post-treatment), a decrease of 9 compared to the previous year.
In 2025, the production of rutile titanium dioxide will reach 4.103 million tons, accounting for 86.9% of the total output; The amount of rutile titanium dioxide is 503000 tons, accounting for 10.7%; Non pigment grade and other types of titanium dioxide account for 115000 tons, accounting for 2.4%. Among them, the production of chlorinated titanium dioxide was 752000 tons, an increase of 89000 tons from the previous year, accounting for 15.9%, and 18.3% of the production of rutile titanium dioxide.
By 2025, there will be a total of 18 enterprises in the national titanium dioxide industry with actual production of 100000 tons or more, an increase of 3 compared to the previous year. At that time, 9 of the original manufacturers stopped production or closed down, but 2 new enterprises (one for hydrochloric acid titanium dioxide and one for chloride titanium dioxide) were added to production.
According to statistical data, by 2025, the effective production capacity of the entire titanium dioxide industry will be 5.7 million tons per year, with an average capacity utilization rate of 82.8%, which is at a medium to low level. However, if calculated based on a comprehensive production capacity of 6.1 million tons per year (including production capacity that has been shut down or partially shut down), the capacity utilization rate is 77.3%. This data indicates that the capacity utilization rate of the titanium dioxide industry in China is at a relatively low level, with severe oversupply of capacity.
According to customs data statistics, a total of approximately 1.8169 million tons of titanium dioxide pigment were exported from January to December 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 4.46% or approximately 84800 tons. The annual export volume of titanium dioxide has experienced its first decline since 2016. Among them, the export of chlorinated titanium dioxide was 366500 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.95%; The export of sulfuric acid titanium dioxide was 1.4505 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.77%;