Since the end of the 1990s, China's titanium dioxide has entered a period of rapid development. The output of titanium dioxide has increased at an average rate of 20% every year. By 2011, China's total capacity of titanium dioxide (including those under construction) had reached 2.5 million t/a, and the actual annual output was 1.755 million t, of which rutile products accounted for 67.0%, exports 398000 t, and imports 229000 t. In 2011, China became a net exporter of titanium dioxide for the first time.

The price of rutile titanium dioxide in Asia fell, and the valuation was adjusted to 2700-3100 dollars/ton CFR Asia.

In the first quarter of this year, due to factors such as significant increases in raw material prices, the profit level of the titanium dioxide industry dropped to a historical low. More than 20% of small and medium-sized enterprises in the country are in a state of shutdown or intermittent shutdown, and some backbone enterprises are also reducing production. Except for enterprises that own pyrite based sulphuric acid production or have both phosphate fertilizer and phosphate chemical products, enterprises that only produce anatase products have suffered losses in the whole line, and rutile based product enterprises have seen their profits shrink significantly or have suffered losses. Entering the second quarter, raw material prices showed a downward trend. The titanium dioxide industry, struggling in difficulties, has finally seen a turnaround.

Since the 21st century, China's titanium dioxide industry has entered a period of rapid integration and comprehensive development. The annual consumption of titanium dioxide in China's inland has nearly quadrupled, forming a beautiful landscape of "the Chinese era of the global titanium dioxide industry". Not only has the production capacity and output of titanium dioxide become the first in the world, becoming the largest producer and consumer of titanium dioxide in the world, but the entire titanium dioxide industry has made great progress in production technology, product quality, export pattern, etc.

Taking the sulfuric acid rutile titanium dioxide with a large volume of goods in the domestic market as an example, it can be seen from the figure that the overall average price of titanium dioxide this week (October 29 to November 2)