This
research aims to study China's titanium dioxide industry by production,
price, import & export and consumption, and to elaborate the
development of the future titanium dioxide market.
Scope of the report
Region scope: China
Time scope: 2020 to 2022
With
the continuous development of China's titanium dioxide industry, China
has become one of the biggest titanium dioxide producers in the world.
Recent years, China's titanium dioxide industry tended to develop
steadily. The period of 2020–2022 saw consecutive growth of titanium
dioxide capacity and output in China.
With
the increasing pressure on environmental inspections, the titanium
dioxide industry concentration has improved. In 2020–2022, there were
about 42 main titanium dioxide manufacturers in China.
So
far, chloride process titanium dioxide is at the initial stage in
China, and sulphate process still dominates. Although some major
domestic manufacturers have already built or are building chloride
process projects, technical barriers, product quality and high cost of
related facilities make the process unreachable to most producers. The
upgrading of China's titanium dioxide production techniques still has a
long way to go.
Domestic
titanium dioxide production will still be based on sulphate process,
but more and more manufacturers will adopt chloride process.
China
is not only a producing powerhouse, but also a big consumer of titanium
dioxide. In 2020–2022, domestic titanium dioxide consumption increased
and then declined slightly, still giving strong support to titanium
dioxide industry. Coating, plastics and papermaking are still the top
three consumption sectors for titanium dioxide industry, taking up over
90% of the total consumption in the past three years in China.