{"id":5055,"date":"2026-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/tio%e2%82%82-prices-likely-to-rise-further-as-raw-material-costs-stay-elevated-2026-03-27-to-2026-04-10\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:55:56","slug":"tio%e2%82%82-prices-likely-to-rise-further-as-raw-material-costs-stay-elevated-2026-03-27-to-2026-04-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/tio%e2%82%82-prices-likely-to-rise-further-as-raw-material-costs-stay-elevated-2026-03-27-to-2026-04-10\/","title":{"rendered":"TiO\u2082 Prices Likely to Rise Further as Raw Material Costs Stay Elevated 2026-04-03 to 2026-04-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Market Report<\/h1>\n<h2>1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Price increases were mainly driven by surging raw material costs rather than stronger downstream demand, as producers continued to face heavy margin pressure.<\/li>\n<li>Downstream buyers in coatings and plastics maintained mainly demand-based purchasing, while new order enquiries slowed and procurement sentiment remained cautious.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 12px auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 50%;\">Product<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #f2f2f2; text-align: center; width: 50%;\">Price Index (14th Week, 2026)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">Rutile<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">114 to 114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center;\">Anatase<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px 12px; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\">116 to 116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #666; margin: 6px 0 14px 0;\"><b>Price Index Methodology:<\/b> The Price Index is calculated based on the average prices of the top 10 producers in China, with the base value set at 100 as of January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Titanium Dioxide Pigment Market Trends<\/h2>\n<p>\n<div class=\"swpm-more-tag-not-logged-in swpm-margin-top-10\">You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please <a class=\"swpm-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/membership-login\/\">Log In<\/a>. Not a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/membership-join\/\">Join Us<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market Report 1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis Price increases were mainly driven by surging raw material costs rather than stronger downstream demand, as producers continued to face heavy margin pressure. Downstream buyers in coatings and plastics maintained mainly demand-based purchasing, while new order enquiries slowed and procurement sentiment remained cautious. Product Price Index (14th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[680],"tags":[682],"class_list":["post-5055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tio2-index-weekly-report","tag-tio2-index-weekly-report"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5060,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions\/5060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}