Calcium chloride

Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 10043-52-4
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$66M
Top SourceMexico 41%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 282720 · narrow

These shares come from HS customs code 282720, which covers 1 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
MX 41%MexicoCN 31%ChinaCA 10%CanadaCZ 10%Czech RepublicNL 1%Netherlands
EPA-registered manufacturers (6)
Altivia Specialty Chemicals
Baker Hughes
Brainerd Cemical
G2O Technologies Intermediate
Martin Marietta Materials
Show all 6
Tetra Technologies
EPA-registered importers (20)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Clariant International · CH Switzerland
Teck Resources · CA Canada
Acs Chemical
Avantor
Show all 20
Basf
Brenntag
Brother International
Clariant
Kemira Chemicals
Pall-Pass Us
Penn Chemicals
Quadra Chemicals
Target
Teck American Incorporated
Univar Solutions
Valudor Products
Wilbur-Ellis
Wintersun International
Yara North America
40 FDA-registered drug labelers
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
American Regent, Inc.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
Apex Energetics Inc.
Asclemed USA, Inc.
Avantor Performance Materials International, LLC
B. Braun Medical Inc.
Baxter Healthcare Company
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Becton Dickinson and Company
Civica, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Inc.
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
Fresenius Medical Care de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Fresenius Medical Care North America
Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLC
Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.
Henry Schein, Inc.
HF Acquisition Co LLC, DBA HealthFirst
Hospira, Inc.
ICU Medical Inc.
International Medication Systems, Limited
LETCO MEDICAL, LLC
Lukare Medical, LLC
Macco Organiques, S.R.O.
Medefil, Inc.
Medical Purchasing Solutions, LLC
Merck KGaA
Nutritional Specialties, Inc.
Professional Complementary Health Formulas
Professional Compounding Centers of America
ProPharma Distribution
REMEDYREPACK INC.
Siegfried Hameln GmbH
Somerset Therapeutics, LLC
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
SQUARE PHARMACEUTICALS PLC.
Vantive US Healthcare LLC
Vitality Works, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
FoodPlastics & RubberPaper & PrintingCore ChemicalsHealthEnergyConsumer ProductsMetals & MiningWaterAgricultureConstruction
Downstream Uses

Appears in 32 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Dianeal Low Calcium with Dextrose
  • •Dianeal PD-2 with Dextrose
  • •Lactated Ringers
  • •Delflex
  • •Kabiven
  • •Lactated Ringers and Dextrose
  • •Extraneal
  • •Ringers
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  • •Calcarea Muriatica
  • •Clinimix E
  • •Cardioplegic
  • •calcium chloride
  • •Potassium Chloride in Lactated Ringers and Dextrose
  • •Phoxillum BK4/2.5
  • •Elliotts B
  • •C08 Calcium Metabolism
  • •Bone Liquescence
  • •Epl-Cell Repair
  • •BSS
  • •Prismasol BGK4/2.5
  • •Bone Stim Liquescence 3005
  • •Balanced Salt
  • •TPN Electrolytes
  • •Prismasol BGK2/3.5
  • •Prismasol BGK0/2.5
  • •Calcium Chloride Dihydrate
  • •Plegisol
  • •Dextrose in Lactated Ringers
  • •Perikabiven
  • •Oratox
  • •Cardioplegic Solution
  • •Lactated Ringers Irrigation
FDA Shortage Status
No Shortage
Shortage History
to be discontinued

Calcium Chloride Injection

11/07/2025

Industrial Uses

Used in 14 sectors as 18 functional roles.

  • •Laboratory chemicals in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—repackaging
  • •Heat transferring agent in All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Processing aids, specific to petroleum production in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (90%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Plasticizer in Construction (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Cleaning agent in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (0%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Anti-freeze agent in Not Known or Reasonably Ascertainable (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Soil amendments (fertilizers) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Adsorbent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Adsorbent in Wholesale and Retail TradeUse—non-incorporative activities
  • •Solids separation agents in Utilities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Functional fluids (open systems) in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dehydrating agent (desiccant) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dust suppressant in Mining (except Oil and Gas) and support activities (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Agricultural chemicals (non-pesticidal) in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (2%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Functional fluids (closed systems) in Oil and Gas Drilling, Extraction, and Support activities (27%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (50%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surface active agents in Construction (8%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in Paper Manufacturing (8%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Functional fluids (open systems) in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (16%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Opacifer in Paper Manufacturing (9%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Adsorbents and absorbents in Petroleum Refineries (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
  • •Adsorbents and absorbents in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (5%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Adsorbents and absorbents in Utilities (90%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Adsorbents and absorbents in Construction (5%)Processing—incorporation into article

Chemical Identity

CAS10043-52-4
PubChem CID5284359
DTXSIDDTXSID5020235
FormulaCaCl2
Mol. Weight110.98 g/mol
SMILES[Cl-].[Cl-].[Ca+2]

Data Sources

DTXSID50202352026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

52843592026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/5284359/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/5284359.json

10043-52-42026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 10043-52-42026-06-13

https://api.fda.gov/drug/shortages.json

Archive: data/sources/fda/shortages/shortages.json

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