{"id":5136,"date":"2026-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/tio%e2%82%82-market-forecast-prices-to-stay-firm-with-further-upside-potential-2026-05-15-to-2026-05-22\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T01:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T01:55:56","slug":"tio%e2%82%82-market-forecast-prices-to-stay-firm-with-further-upside-potential-2026-05-15-to-2026-05-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/tio%e2%82%82-market-forecast-prices-to-stay-firm-with-further-upside-potential-2026-05-15-to-2026-05-22\/","title":{"rendered":"TiO\u2082 Market Forecast: Prices to Stay Firm with Further Upside Potential 2026-05-15 to 2026-05-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Market Report<\/h1>\n<h2>1. Titanium Dioxide (TiO\u2082) Market Analysis<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Following last week\u2019s increase letter from Ningbo Xinfu, Shandong Dongjia announced another round of increases from May 18, raising domestic prices by about <b>USD 145\/ton<\/b> and export prices by <b>USD 150\/ton<\/b>, sending a clear firm-price signal to the market.<\/li>\n<li>However, downstream demand remained weak, social inventory still existed in the market, and the approaching off-season increased shipment pressure, so transaction prices became more differentiated and most deals remained negotiable case by case.<\/li>\n<li>At present, the market remains in a tense stalemate, and most buyers are purchasing cautiously.<\/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 (19th Week, 2026)<\/th>\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;\">133-135<\/td>\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;\">135-137<\/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<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 Following last week\u2019s increase letter from Ningbo Xinfu, Shandong Dongjia announced another round of increases from May 18, raising domestic prices by about USD 145\/ton and export prices by USD 150\/ton, sending a clear firm-price signal to the market. However, downstream demand remained weak, social inventory still [&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-5136","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\/5136","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=5136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5139,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions\/5139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tio2.pro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}