Nickel sulfide

CAS 11113-75-0

U.S. production volumes are classified as confidential business information.

NiS90.8 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionCBI

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

Import value, 2024$23M

Top sourceAustria 29%

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 283090 · basket

EPA reports by year

2023: US production Confidential · Imports Confidential
2019: US production Confidential · Imports Zero

These shares come from HS customs code 283090, which covers 34 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).

AT 29%AustriaDE 17%GermanyGB 13%United KingdomCN 9%ChinaIN 8%India

Philippines
Mexico
Netherlands
Malaysia
Singapore

EPA-registered manufacturers (3)

Companies that report making or importing this chemical to the EPA. Registration is US-centric and does not indicate import origin.

Pdvsa Petroleos S A · VE Venezuela

Marathon Petroleum

Pdv Holding

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.

Koch Industries

Why It Matters

Sectors

Metals & Mining

Downstream UsesNot recorded

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

Used in 2 sectors as 1 functional role.

•Intermediate in Other (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities
•Intermediate in Primary Metal Manufacturing (100%)Use—non-incorporative activities

Chemical Identity

CAS11113-75-0

PubChem CID166709

DTXSIDDTXSID801014466

FormulaNiS

Mol. Weight90.76 g/mol

SMILES[S-2].[Ni+2]

Data Sources

EPA CompTox (DSSTox) · DTXSID801014466Retrieved 2026-04-06
PubChem · compound 166709Retrieved 2026-04-06
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
EPA Chemical Data ReportingReporting year: 2023 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Nickel sulfide (CAS 11113-75-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/11113-75-0/ EPA CompTox (DSSTox): DTXSID801014466. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID801014466 PubChem: 166709. Retrieved 2026-04-06. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/166709 EPA Chemical Data Reporting: 11113-75-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting EPA Chemical Data Reporting: CAS 11113-75-0. Reporting year: 2023. https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting US Census international trade: HS 283090 for CAS 11113-75-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/