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Hydrobromic acid

Drug ingredient

CAS 10035-10-6

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

US productionCBI
Import value, 2024$66M
Top sourceChina 46%

At least one company claimed its 2023 production or import volume for this chemical as confidential, so EPA withholds it.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. US production volume is confidential. Production reporting year: 2023. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 281119 · basket

EPA reports by year
2023
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019
US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 281119, which covers 30 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 46%ChinaDE 17%GermanyMY 12%MalaysiaKR 5%South KoreaTW 5%Taiwan
EPA-registered manufacturers (1)
Lanxess
Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (2)
Albemarle
Icl Specialty Products North America
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthEnergyElectronicsMetals & MiningPlastics & RubberCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Hydrobromicum Acidum
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 8 sectors as 9 functional roles.

  • •Catalyst in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Petrochemical Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Chemical reaction regulator in Petrochemical Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Petrochemical Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Ion exchange agent in Petrochemical Manufacturing (13%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Flux agent in Miscellaneous Manufacturing (13%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Solvent in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (8%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plating agent in Industrial Gas Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Catalyst in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (34%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Etching agent in Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (2%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS10035-10-6
PubChem CID260
DTXSIDDTXSID0029713
FormulaBrH
Mol. Weight80.91 g/mol
SMILESBr

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Hydrobromic acid (CAS 10035-10-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/10035-10-6/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID0029713. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID0029713 PubChem: 260. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/260 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 10035-10-6. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 10035-10-6. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 281119 for CAS 10035-10-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/