Lithium sulfate

Drug ingredient

CAS 10377-48-7

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

Molecular structure of 10377-48-7 — 2 Li⁺

US productionCBI

Confidential Business Information. The EPA withholds this volume because publishing it could reveal the reporting company's trade secrets.

Import value, 2024$179M

Top sourceMexico 46%

At least one company claimed its 2019 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: 2019. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 283329 · basket

EPA reports by year

2019: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential

These shares come from HS customs code 283329, which covers 36 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

MX 46%MexicoCN 19%ChinaCA 11%CanadaIN 9%IndiaFI 4%Finland

Italy
South Africa
Colombia
United Kingdom
Peru
Czech Republic
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Sweden
Belgium
Singapore
Netherlands
Hungary
Switzerland

Domestic parents -- activity not disclosed (1)

EPA records name a US company for this chemical but do not disclose whether the company made it here or imported it.

Imerys Usa

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

Why It Matters

Sectors

HealthConstruction

Downstream Uses

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

•Lithium Sulphuratum

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

•Crystal growth modifiers (nucleating agents) in ConstructionProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Chemical Identity

CAS10377-48-7

PubChem CID66320

DTXSIDDTXSID3049201

FormulaLi2O4S

Mol. Weight110 g/mol

SMILES[Li+].[Li+].[O-]S(=O)(=O)[O-]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID3049201Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 66320Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2019 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Lithium sulfate (CAS 10377-48-7) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/10377-48-7/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID3049201. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID3049201 PubChem: 66320. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/66320 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 10377-48-7. Reporting year: 2019. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 10377-48-7. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 283329 for CAS 10377-48-7. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/