On October 21, 2024, the Executive Management Committee of Brazil's Foreign Trade Council (GECEX) issued Resolution No. 652 of 2024, deciding to impose a temporary anti-dumping duty on rutile titanium dioxide (Portuguese: pigmentos de dióxido de titânio) originating from China for no more than six months. The tax rate ranges from 577.73to1772.69 per ton (see attached table for details). The product in question is classified under the Common Market Group (MERCOSUR) tariff code 3206.11.10. This temporary anti-dumping duty does not apply to "rutile pigments containing 82% or more titanium dioxide by weight, used in the surface treatment of melamine decorative laminate paper, based on single or combined matrices containing aluminum oxide (Al2O3), phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5), potassium oxide (K2O), silicon dioxide (SiO2), and/or organic compounds, with an isoelectric point pH value equal to or greater than 6.5 and less than or equal to 8.1, suitable for manufacturing decorative laminates." This resolution takes effect from the date of its publication.
